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.

Spring 2026  |  Summer 2026  |  NED Course Catalog  |  NED Resource Site

  • 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
  • Conversations with Colleagues – July

    Online

    Description When colleagues readied themselves for emergency remote teaching this spring, we all received a powerful reminder in the value of social learning. Colleagues from across the system who had been separated from one another through physical distance came together online to share ideas and learn from one another.  We would like to sustain this... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Integrating Opendora into Your Online Course (Webinar)

    Online

    Description Opendora (https://opendora.minnstate.edu/) is a publicly available digital archive for open educational resources (OER) that serves as a central repository for Minnesota State faculty and librarians to leverage licensed OER with the ability to access, load, and share material. In this webinar learn about what this definition looks like in action and why you might... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Grading Practices in Quizzes: Feedback and Data Analysis (Webinar)

    Online

    Description The Quizzes tool provides different methods of feedback when assessing students for an online exam.  You can choose how to score quiz questions: automatically, manually, and/or with blind marking. We'll also include re-grading students if a question or response was confusing or incorrectly keyed. We'll also take a look at the available data analysis... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Drop-In Session – Academic Continuity

    Drop-In Session – Academic Continuity
    Online

    Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty  who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access (Zoom, Kaltura MediaSpace, D2L Brightspace, Office 365). No RSVP needed. Just join us with your questions between 9:00 am - 11:00 am. Join the Drop-In Session... Continue Reading →

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