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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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Creating Accessible PDF Files 2 (Spring 2026)
Join us as we review an accessibility report for a PDF file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on... Continue Reading →
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Orientation to Accessibility+ (Spring 2026) 3
Note: This is a repeat of the Orientation to Accessibility+ (Spring 2026) 1 session Accessibility+ is a tool embedded in Brightspace that helps identify and improve the accessibility of digital... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues (February 2026)
Topic: Designing Accessibility from the Start In this discussion, we will focus on a proactive accessibility mindset in which we approach our materials and D2L Brightspace courses with accessibility at the... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Creating Accessible Presentation Files 2 (Spring 2026)
Join us as we review an accessibility report for a presentation file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series (February 2026)
Teaching/Working with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Mark Gill (Visualization Engineer, St. Cloud State University) The Teaching/Working with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Creating Accessible Document Files 3 (Spring 2026)
Join us as we review an accessibility report for a document file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Creating Accessible PDF Files 3 (Spring 2026)
Join us as we review an accessibility report for a PDF file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on... Continue Reading →
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UDL Strategies You Can Use Tomorrow (Spring 2026)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for creating learning experiences that welcome student variability, reduce barriers, and support more equitable outcomes. In this fast paced, practical session, participants... Continue Reading →
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Digital Media Accessibility Using the Quality Matters Rubric (Spring 2026)
This one‑hour online workshop introduces faculty and instructional staff to essential practices for creating accessible digital media aligned with the Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric, with a focus on General... Continue Reading →
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The Humanities and AI Prompting – What’s the Connection?? (Spring 2026)
In this webinar, we will explore "narrative prompting" as executable computer code. Because the basic concept of "prompt engineering" can only take us so far in understanding the human role... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology (Spring 2026)
March 16 - April 5, 2026 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2026
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2026 release (version 20.26.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 19. Accommodations The NED is... Continue Reading →
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