The NED was established to provide 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
OnlineFebruary 21 - April 2, 2023 Short Course Description This six week short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and... Continue Reading →
Lights! Camera! Caption! Creating Effective and Accessible Video
OnlineLearn core principles for creating high-impact and effective accessible media, along with best practices for planning, scripting, filming, and sharing your productions. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to your calendar. Accommodations: If you require accommodations (live... Continue Reading →
Conversations with Colleagues: February
OnlineTopic: Accessible and Inclusive Event Planning Want to transform your meetings and events? Fully inclusive meetings and events consider all people - Â placing access and inclusion on the forefront of... Continue Reading →
D2L: Create assignments
OnlineThere are multiple options for collecting student work for assessment. The Assignments tool in D2L Brightspace offers a single location for different types of assessment, including traditional file submissions, media... Continue Reading →
D2L: Evaluating with Assignments tool
OnlineThe Assignments tool in D2L Brightspace provides different methods of feedback, including annotating on a file and scoring with a rubric. Learn about using the Assignments tool to capture different... Continue Reading →
UDL: The Basics and how can you implement it into your courses
OnlineWe all keep hearing about Universal Design for Learning, but what is it? If you try to do some research on it, you will find textbooks written about it. We... Continue Reading →
OER Community Conversations: February
OnlineShare the Flyer Topic: OER and Equity Host: Ed Minnema, Equity Coach at the Minnesota State system office Join this discussion on equity, how it is an ongoing process, never... Continue Reading →
D2L: Create rubrics
OnlineLearn how to create and make the most of the Rubrics tool in D2L Brightspace to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics... Continue Reading →
D2L: Evaluate using Rubrics
OnlineLearn how to make the most of Rubrics to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics can be utilized as both a valuable... Continue Reading →
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 →
Connecting the Classroom to Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways: March
OnlineSecond in a Three-Part Series Connecting the Classroom to Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways March 3, 2023 @ 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Virtual Register for the other events in... Continue Reading →
SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry
OnlineThe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guides us as instructors to engage in continuous review, revision, and renewal of our teaching practices to support student learning. With SoTL, we ask questions like "What will happen after I implement this revision policy?"; "Does this assessment format work better than others?", and "How much more or... Continue Reading →