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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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: February 2022
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the February 2022 release (version 20.22.02) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, February 17. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: February 2022
OnlineTopic: Navigating Accommodation Referrals Faculty support for, and attitudes toward, the use of accommodations is identified by students with disabilities as a leading factor in their academic success. Join Molly... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101: Spring 2022
OnlineFebruary 21 - April 3, 2022 Short Course Description This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate... Continue Reading →
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Racial Justice and Disability Justice: Working Together to Free Our Minds and Bodies
OnlineDescription We will discuss the compound impact of intersections between racism and ableism within US society and why this intersect is so rarely discussed in social justice. We’ll hear from... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: February 2022
OnlineTopic: Universal Design for Learning Modules Guests Kelli Hutton (Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Minneapolis College) and Lynn Coffey (Minneapolis College) have created a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) module for their... Continue Reading →
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Equity Book Group: February 2022
OnlineDescription This is a statewide opportunity to read, discuss, interact, share, and learn with a book on a topic relevant to our work and create action plans to create more equitable learning opportunities for students on our campuses and to eliminate the equity gap by 2030. The first 150 to register will receive a free... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design #1 – Compassion
OnlineDescription What's the difference between empathy, compassion, and humanizing? How can we create an online environment where students gain the most educational and socio-emotional benefit? During this webinar, we'll have... Continue Reading →
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Automated Closed Captioning: When to Bot and When to Not
OnlineDescription Automated or machine-generated closed captioning is a game changer for media accessibility. Learn about the pros and cons of automated captioning and transcripts and how to best utilize this... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2022
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2022 release (version 20.22.03) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 17. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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A Framework for Antiracist Praxis: March 2022
OnlineDescription Join Darlene St. Clair and Melissa Prescott, instructors of the Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy short course, for an introduction to antiracist pedagogy and the continuous cycle of antiracist praxis. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add... Continue Reading →
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Application of Antiracist Pedagogy: Building Community in the Classroom: March 2022
OnlineDescription Join Darlene St. Clair, Melissa Prescott, and the SCSU Online & Distance Learning team in a discussion of applying antiracist pedagogy through classroom community building. A specific focus will be challenges and opportunities within the online environment. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to... Continue Reading →
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Creating a Culturally Responsive Syllabus
OnlineDescription The course syllabus is, as William Germano and Kit Nicholls note in their subtitle of their 2020 book Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document That Changes Everything. So, it’s the middle... Continue Reading →
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