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
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Skills to manage course dates to improve student engagement: Summer 2022
OnlineJune 20 - July 10, 2022 Short Course Description By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including the Import/Export/Copy Components, Manage Dates, and Brightspace Pulse) to effectively course facilitation for student motivation. You will be provided with efficient ways to offset dates from previously offered courses,... Continue Reading →
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Using Pressbooks to Enhance OER Delivery: Summer 2022
OnlineJune 21 - July 10, 2022 Short Course Description Pressbooks is an online platform designed to encourage self-publication under a Creative Commons license. It is easy to use and provides a variety of options for including media such as images and videos. This short course will introduce you to the platform, walk you through creating... Continue Reading →
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Applying Content Page Templates in D2L Brightspace 1
OnlineThis webinar will demonstrate how you can use the pre-formatted HTML templates as a starting point for creating Content pages in D2L Brightspace. The templates provide you with example materials... Continue Reading →
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Lecture Recording: Best Practices
OnlinePre-recorded lectures can be extremely helpful for student learning, but not all lectures are equally effective. In this webinar, we will explore what research says does and does not work... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology Webinar 2
OnlineThis webinar will focus on ways in which Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can be applied as an equity framework to support the use of digital technology for teaching and learning. We will look at the ways in UDL can go wrong if not applied with an intentional equity lens and examples of best practice... Continue Reading →
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Cut the Craptions: Closed Captioning Quality Guidelines
OnlineJoin an informative overview of closed captioning quality expectations, including common pitfalls and tips for DIY captioning success. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design: Zoom Meetings
OnlineHow can you design your next Zoom meeting to create a caring, compassionate, empathetic experience for your students? In this webinar, we will demonstrate and discuss leading, evidence-based practices for... Continue Reading →
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A framework for antiracist praxis: Summer 2022
OnlineThis webinar will introduce antiracist pedagogy and the continuous cycle of antiracist praxis. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to... Continue Reading →
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Applying the D2L Course and Page Templates: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 11 - July 24, 2022 Short Course Description Whether you are new to online teaching and learning or an experienced user of D2L Brightspace, you can use the pre-formatted... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Kaltura MediaSpace: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 11 - July 31, 2022 Short Course Description You may have used Kaltura MediaSpace as the quickest way to record your screen for a lecture, or as a place to store... Continue Reading →
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Creative Commons Basics
OnlineAre you interested in sharing your work with the world as an open educational resource? Have you heard about Creative Commons licenses but want to learn more about how they... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 18 - August 7, 2022 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual and community process, and why it is important Learn strategies for sustained critical self-reflection as a foundation for antiracism work Begin applying antiracist pedagogy to... Continue Reading →
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