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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Equity 101 2: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 11 - October 31, 2021 Description This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values and worldview (especially... Continue Reading →
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UDL: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences
OnlineDescription Design accessibility, access, and equity in your courses – Universal Design for Learning is a framework that can help us address every students’ unique learning needs! This webinar is... Continue Reading →
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Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what's changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with a proactive effort toward making this as smooth a transition as possible. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with... Continue Reading →
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Quick Eval tool in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription The Quick Eval tool provides a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all Brightspace courses. You can sort, filter and search to prioritize... Continue Reading →
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Pulse App for Increased Student Engagement
OnlineDescription Pulse is a D2L Brightspace mobile app that helps students keep track of important dates. It brings news, deadlines, and grades from all courses together in one place so... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: October 2021
OnlineTopic: Post Pandemic Access to Higher Education, Challenges and Opportunities Access to higher education has been transformed because of the pandemic. What changes did we make that are now going to... Continue Reading →
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Librarian Workdays 2021: Affordable Education Explosion
OnlineAcademic librarians are critical partners in efforts to provide open educational resources (OER) for both students and faculty. Educational Innovations is happy to announce two virtual opportunities for librarians and library staff from across... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: October 2021
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the October 2021 release (version 20.21.10) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, October 21. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: October 2021
OnlineDescription Topic: Guiding difficult conversations Teaching controversial topics and concepts is part of many courses and disciplines. Topics like race, culture, gender, and/or sexual orientation are inherent discussions in many... Continue Reading →
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Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription What in the world is an Intelligent Agent? The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends emails to students based on preset conditions. Faculty can create and schedule Intelligent... Continue Reading →
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Demystifying the Gradebook
OnlineDescription Trying to figure out all the details of Gradebook settings and display settings? Want to learn the options to adjust how your students see one or more grades? We’ll... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Online Course: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 25 - November 14, 2021 Description 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 the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are no... Continue Reading →
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