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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Events
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace 20.20.11
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.20.11, the November release, that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, November 19. RSVP Required Use the RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Network Webinar
OnlineOEN Webinars introduce open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. Faculty participating in this webinar may review an... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues – November
OnlineDescription Teaching Experiences Listening Session Spring and Fall 2020 have presented many challenges to teaching and learning across Minnesota State campuses for instructors and students. There have also been many... Continue Reading →
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Supporting Students in Nontraditional Careers (Workshop)
OnlineEquity in Practice Series – Addressing Equity and Building Stronger Relationships with Students Other events in the series: Equity in Practice Series Supporting Students in Nontraditional Careers Description In this... Continue Reading →
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Packback Webinar / Demonstration Option 1
OnlineArtificial Intelligence Supported Discussions Chancellor Maholtra and Senior Vice Chancellor Anderson have expressed interest in exploring how artificial intelligence may support teaching and student learning in higher education. With their... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: November
OnlineDescription: In this webinar, host Karen Pikula will answer questions that were commonly asked in OEN Webinars, Koffee with Karen, and the OER Learning Circles. Time will be allotted toward... Continue Reading →
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Packback Webinar / Demonstration Option 2
OnlineArtificial Intelligence Supported Discussions Chancellor Maholtra and Senior Vice Chancellor Anderson have expressed interest in exploring how artificial intelligence may support teaching and student learning in higher education. With their... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning – Option 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineNovember 30 - December 20 Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in a course... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Inclusion Coordinators Monthly Check In: December
OnlineIn collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Educational Innovations unit within Academic and Student Affairs, three Equity and Inclusion Coordinators are assisting with aligning, developing, and... Continue Reading →
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Koffee with Karen: OER Community Conversations
OnlineTopic: Using OER in your HyFlex Courses HyFlex is a course design model that presents the components of hybrid learning in a flexible course structure that gives students the option... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: December 20.20.12 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.20.12, the December release, that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, December 17. RSVP Required Use the... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: December
OnlineDescription Topic: Student Engagement One of the most common challenges we have as teachers is engaging students. The online environment makes it even more difficult; the pandemic hasn’t helped. Not too surprisingly, it came up more than once at our November Conversation with Colleagues. The topic of our December Conversation will be student engagement. Ideally,... Continue Reading →
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