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  |  NED Course Catalog |  NED Resource Site
Events
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Annotations in Assignment Submissions
OnlineDescription Using the Annotation tool in D2L Brightspace, you can quickly complete your evaluation and feedback work directly from the Assignments tool, without the need to use any external tools... Continue Reading →
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Zoom Information Session
OnlineJoin Us Please register/RSVP and join us at https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/6181652382 for a guided tour of Zoom by from Minnesota State staff. Details about the Zoom Service Who can use Zoom? All... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing your Course Facilitation
OnlineDescription Get a taste of the 3-week short course Humanizing Your Course. In this webinar, we'll preview some strategies to make your online teaching more human and more engaging. Based... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles – Spring 2020 Applications Due (Learning Community)
OnlineOER Learning Circles - Spring 2020 Applications due February 7, 2020 OER (open educational resources) Learning Circles provide faculty, from across the system and from any discipline, the opportunity to... Continue Reading →
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Manage Course Dates on a Single Screen
OnlineDescription The Start, End, and Due dates from most tools can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual tool and... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Course Design
OnlineDescription Get a taste of the 3-week short course Humanizing Your Course. In this webinar, we'll preview some strategies to make your online teaching more human and more engaging. Based... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible Part 2
OnlineTopic: Zoom: Striving for Functional Accessibility Recorded Presenter: Karen Hawkins, Senior Experience Designer, Publicis.Sapient Almost anyone today can make a website accessible. But that doesn't mean that people using assistive technologies can USE them! I aim to change that. As a user experience professional, I will walk the audience through more accessible AND usable implementations... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Course (Start 3 Weeks)
OnlineDescription This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing... Continue Reading →
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Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in 20.20.02
OnlineDescription We host a monthly webinar to showcase the new features or improvements to D2L Brightspace. This webinar will focus on version 20.20.02, the February release that you'll see in... Continue Reading →
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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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Awards and Certificates
OnlineDescription Provide your students with Awards or Certificates after they successfully completed activities within your D2L Brightspace course site. Attend this webinar to see a hands on overview of how... Continue Reading →
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