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.

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  • Accessible Digital Media: Fall 2023

    Online

    August 28 - September 17, 2023 Short Course Description  Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities,... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Equity 101: Fall 2023

    September 11 - October 22, 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 how we... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Grade Smarter Not Harder: Fall 2023

    September 18 - October 8, 2023 Short Course Description  Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating,... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Equity and Advising: Fall 2023

    September 25 - October 15, 2023 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Fall 2023

    October 23 - November 12, 2023 Short Course Description  Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP). In this introductory course, we’ll have... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Manage Course Dates to Improve Student Engagement: Fall 2023

    October 23 - November 12, 2023 Short Course Course Learning Objectives  After completing the course, participants will be able to:  Understand and differentiate online course tools, features, and applications (Import/Export/Copy Components, Manage Dates, and Brightspace Pulse) that may be utilized to manage course dates Understand best practices using online course tools and features to communicate... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Equity and Technology: Fall 2023

    November 6 - November 26, 2023 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an equity framework. Explore ways to design courses that address access, accessibility, as well as equitable learning outcomes. In this... Continue Reading →

    Free

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