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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 →

November 6 - 26, 2023 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 a... Continue Reading →

November 13 - December 3, 2023 Short Course Description  This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have... Continue Reading →

January 22 - February 11, 2024 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... Continue Reading →

January 22 – February 11, 2024 Short Course Description  This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course... Continue Reading →

January 29 - February 18, 2024 Short Course Description  This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint.  Additionally,... Continue Reading →

February 5 - February 25, 2024 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 necessary to increase equity and inclusion in their work. Participants will engage in a series of activities including, but not limited to discussion, case study... Continue Reading →

February 12 - March 3, 2024 Short Course Description This three-week short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we... Continue Reading →

February 12 - March 3, 2024 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for... Continue Reading →

February 12 - March 3, 2024 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to retrieval practice teaching methods. Retrieval practice focuses on improving long-term learning. We help students retrieve... Continue Reading →

March 18 - April 7, 2024 Short Course Course Learning Objectives  Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual... Continue Reading →

March 25 - April 14, 2024 Short Course Disability Justice II: Intersectional identities, action, and justice Description In this course, we focus on an intersectional framework centering disabled Black, brown, indigenous, and people of color and builds on foundational disability justice topics in the context of higher education to move equity awareness into equity action.... Continue Reading →