The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 | NED Course Catalog | NED Resource Site
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Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring... Continue Reading →
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Video Based Assessments for Personalized Feedback
OnlineDescription Want students to give a presentation or demonstrate a skill through video? Video Assignment could be a great fit. Learners record or upload a video presenting on a topic... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT Accessible!
OnlineTopic: We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT (Digital/Web Information) Accessible! Recorded Presenter: Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington In this session the speaker will engage with attendees on promising practices for making the most of limited resources toward a more accessible campus environment. Topics will include such things as... Continue Reading →
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Quiz Creation Strategies and Timesaving Tips
OnlineDescription Interested in exploring how to save time when creating quizzes? You can learn how to shuffle questions, randomize them, draw from a set of questions, and more! The formerly... Continue Reading →
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Quick and Effective Feedback
Description Grading isn't just about giving your students a numerical score. It's also about providing formative feedback to help students improve their learning. During this session we will review some... Continue Reading →
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D2L Brightspace Workshop: Gradebook
St. Cloud State University - Miller Center, Room B31 (basement) 400 6th St. S., St. Cloud, MN, United StatesHave you always wanted to find the most efficient way to set up your gradebook in Brightspace? Have specific questions you’d like answered? Join us for the Gradebook workshop where... Continue Reading →
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D2L Brightspace Workshop: Rubrics
St. Cloud State University - Miller Center, Room B31 (basement) 400 6th St. S., St. Cloud, MN, United StatesDo you want to provide consistent feedback to students in a timely manner? Do you get bogged down in the process of evaluating and commenting on student work? Learn how... Continue Reading →
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Assessment of Student Learning (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you'll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something... Continue Reading →
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Release Conditions to Guide the Learning Path
OnlineDescription Release conditions enable the instructor to guide the path for student learning by releasing items to students in a prescribed order, encouraging the student to attain mastery of skills... Continue Reading →
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CTE Works! Summit
In-PersonCTE Works! Summit: Connecting Learning to Earning The annual Minnesota CTE Works! Summit connects educators, advisors, and administrators from high schools and colleges with workforce developers, business and industry partners, and our... Continue Reading →
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HTML Editor Tips and Tricks
OnlineDescription Is the HTML editor a mystery to you? Learn to use it in the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) view with all its bells and whistles,... Continue Reading →
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Learning Objectives: What, Why, Where & How
OnlineWell-written learning objectives establish the foundation upon which courses are designed and delivered. They form the basis for the instructional materials and assessments that are included in the course. They... Continue Reading →
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