NED Events Calendar

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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  • OER Librarian’s Workshop Day

    Quarry Center 314 10th Ave. S., Waite Park, MN, United States

    RSVP Below by September 23rd Academic librarians are critical partners in efforts to provide open educational resources (OER) for students and faculty. Educational Innovations is happy to announce an opportunity for librarians and library staff from across Minnesota State to come together for a day to network with colleagues, learn more about OER efforts across... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Koffee with Karen: Z-Degree

    Online

    Koffee with Karen: Community Conversations are open forum conversations for all to share, discuss, and learn from colleagues in the Minnesota State OER community. Hosted by Karen Pikula, the OER... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Open Textbook Network Webinar

    Online

    Webinars introducing open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota.  Faculty participating in this webinar may review an open... Continue Reading →

  • Open Textbook Network Webinar

    Online

    Webinars introducing open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota.  Faculty participating in this webinar may review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200.00 honorarium once the review is completed. Register here: https://open.umn.edu/otn/workshops/1-27-2020 Questions? Contact Karen Pikula,... Continue Reading →

  • OER Learning Circles – Spring 2020 Applications Due (Learning Community)

    Online

    OER Learning Circles - Spring 2020 Applications due February 7, 2020 OER (open educational resources) Learning Circles provide faculty, from across the system and from any discipline, the opportunity to collaborate with others committed to redesigning courses, creating ancillary materials, or authoring to help eliminate textbook costs for students. In addition to virtual weekly meetings,... Continue Reading →

  • Koffee with Karen

    Online

    Avenues to OER: A panel discussion There are many avenues to begin your OER journey, hear from two Minnesota State faculty members, Dan Allosso and Katie Nelson, who have experience authoring, redesigning, and collaborating on an open textbook. Karen Pikula, OER Faculty Development Coordinator, will moderate and offer her experiences running the OER Learning Circles.... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Open Textbook Network Webinar

    Online

    Webinars introducing open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota.  Faculty participating in this webinar may review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200.00 honorarium once the review is completed. Register here: https://open.umn.edu/otn/workshops/otn-webinar-5-18-2020 Questions? Contact Karen Pikula,... Continue Reading →

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