NED Events Calendar

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.

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  • Five Ways to Humanize Your Online Course – Option 2 (Webinar)

    Online

    Description Participants will be guided through interactive demonstrations of five specific humanizing practices they could integrate in to their own online courses. Each demonstration will focus on a specific evidence-based course facilitation or design practice using tools available to all Minnesota State instructors. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming:  We use the email... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Kaltura MediaSpace Webinar: Using video to support learning strategies like retrieval practice and elaboration

    Online

    Description Video as often used as a method of delivering content in order to “get information into students’ heads.”  There is no doubt that this form of instruction is critical to supporting student learning, but delivering content is not learning.  To see student learning, we need to provide opportunities to “get information out of students’... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Writing Good Questions for Assessments (Webinar) – Option 2

    Online

    Description Writing good assessment questions more accurately capture what students know. In this webinar, you’ll learn about principles of writing effective questions to create more reliable and valid tests. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming:  We use the email address you provided to send you reminder emails as the event date gets closer,... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • What’s New in 20.20.07?

    Online

    Description This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.20.07, the July release that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, July 16. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming:  We use the email address you provided to send you reminder emails as the event date gets closer, but we suggest... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Establishing a Library Presence in D2L (Webinar)

    Online

    Description Libraries can have a presence in D2L to meet a variety of needs such as access to additional library information, resources, and instruction as well as pre-built modules for students and faculty about resources, research, citations, and digital literacy. This webinar will showcase librarian D2L work from across Minnesota State at various stages and for... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • CRP and Trauma Responsive Practices – Option 2 (Webinar)

    Online

    Description Both Culturally Responsive Practices (CRP) and Trauma Responsive Practices (TRP) can offer us insight and support as we shift to bring students quality and compassionate education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both CRP and TRP understand that when we are marginalized or overwhelmed, our learning capacity is severely compromised. Further, both advocate that we intentionally... Continue Reading →

    Free

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