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.
Events
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: January 2026
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the January 2026 release (version 20.26.01) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, January 15. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents (Spring 2026)
January 19 - February 8, 2026 Short Course Description This three-week short course provides faculty and staff an 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, participants... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with H5P Series (January 2026)
Teaching with H5P Series Featuring: Etta Thornburg (Support & Training Librarian, PALS) What is H5P? H5P is a tool for creating interactive online learning content and activities. There are many interactive... Continue Reading →
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Get to Know the NED (Spring 2026)
Welcome to the NED! The Network for Educational Development provides free and equitable educational development to thousands across Minnesota State. In this webinar we invite you to get to know... Continue Reading →
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Student Review: How to Get Real Feedback (Spring 2026)
Lake Superior College has been running a program that trains students to review online courses, using a variety of rubrics and interviews. This student centered program has produced some new... Continue Reading →
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Let’s Talk About AI (with students!) Spring 2026
Navigating conversations about AI with students can be tough. In this webinar, we will talk about some strategies you could use directly in your courses – either in online communication,... Continue Reading →
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OER Librarian Community of Practice (January 2026)
Discuss and share UDL and pedagogy in OER with librarian colleagues. Registration Required Register for the January OER Librarian COP to receive the Zoom information. Contact Contact facilitator Etta Thornburg... Continue Reading →
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Co-curricular Assessment (Spring 2026)
January 26 - February 15, 2026 Short Course Description Co-curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. This 3-week... Continue Reading →
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NED Partnership: Accessibility Core Competencies – IAAP Cohort (Spring 2026)
What’s this about? As a Minnesota State faculty or staff member, you get a free membership to the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP). This includes access to the Certified... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Get Started with the 3Rs (2026)
In this session, we will explore an overall approach to accessibility remediation, the 3Rs: Remove Remediate Refresh We'll define the 3Rs and offer time for folks to start their own... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series (January 2026)
Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Suzanne Szucs (Art, Rochester Community & Technical College) The Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each 30-minute session a featured colleague shares how they’re using AI in their teaching. You’ll see a real example in action and hear how it supports... Continue Reading →
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Building AI Literacy using Copilot Agents (Spring 2026)
AI Agents are now widely available through our Microsoft Copilot license. This session will provide an example of how AI agents can be created, and what they might mean for our work with students. Using the examples of a “Plain Language Editor” and "Image Accessibility Assistant" participants will be able to identify the responsibilities and... Continue Reading →
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