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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Events
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OER Learning Circle Applications Due – Summer 2023
OnlineOER Learning Circles Summer 2023 May 8 - June 18* *Summer OER Learning Circle cohorts are accelerated, taking place over 5 weeks instead of 10. Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research resources that make use of appropriate tools, such as open licensing, to permit their free reuse, continuous improvement, and re-purposing by... Continue Reading →
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Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
OnlineThe Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a step-by-step process designed to facilitate the asking of many questions, taking students through the process of thinking deeply about their questions, refining them and prioritizing their use. As students go through the QFT process, they practice three important thinking abilities: divergent thinking, convergent thinking and metacognition. This webinar will... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: April 2023
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the April 2023 release (version 20.23.04) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, April 20. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: April
OnlineTopic: Regular and Substantive Interaction in Distance Education The U.S. Education Department has set guidelines for distanced learning and has recently offered new guidance for what kinds of instructor-student interactions... Continue Reading →
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OER Project Showcase: 4
OnlineRegister for all: March 31 | April 6 | April 11 | April 24 | April 27 Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles... Continue Reading →
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OER Project Showcase: Graduate Students
OnlineRegister for all: March 31 | April 6 | April 11 | April 24 | April 27 Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: May 2023
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the May 2023 release (version 20.23.05) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, May 18. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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OEN Webinar
OnlineOpen Education Network (OEN) Webinars introduce Minnesota State faculty and staff to open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of... Continue Reading →
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Teach Together Minnesota! 2023
OnlineTeach Together Minnesota! is a free, virtual conference bringing together educators from across Minnesota to have discussions with colleagues in their field of study grounded in cultural fluency and culturally... Continue Reading →
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Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Community: Summer 2023
OnlineMay 30 - August 19 Dates vary by discipline Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Communities REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 17, 2023 Summer 2023 Disciplines: STEM and Cross-Discipline (FULL) Description Minnesota State received... Continue Reading →
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ASA and Equity and Inclusion Spring Conference
OnlineEquity in Action: Activating Change Date: May 22-24, 2023 Location: St. Cloud State University 720 4th Avenue South St. Cloud, MN 56301 In-Person Only Register We invite you to join us... Continue Reading →
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Canceled OER FAQ: May
OnlineDescription In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Submit... Continue Reading →
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