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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UDL in Assessment (Summer 2024)
OnlineThis webinar will go into Universal Design for Learning and its application in assessment. We will look at ways that use UDL to make our assessments more equitable to all... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles (Fall 2024)
Fall 2024 OER Learning Circles September 16 – December 1, 2024 Apply by August 16 Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to saving students on the cost of textbooks and course resources. There are 5 Project Types: Redesign a course around OER. Create ancillary materials to complement... Continue Reading →
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Successful Accessible Documents: An Intro (Fall 2024)
Want to know more about making your Word documents ADA compliant--accessible for all your students? This webinar will introduce you to the basics of how to make your documents accessible from the very beginning of creating them! RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent Enrollment... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents (Fall 2024)
August 26 - September 15, 2024 Short Course Description This short course provides faculty and staff an opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course introduces participants to basic techniques to using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally, participants will get... Continue Reading →
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Self-Inquiry and Inclusive Teaching FLC (Fall 2024)
September 3 - October 27, 2024 Previously titled Equity and Inclusion Faculty Learning Community Description In this course, faculty will to come together in community to explore culturally responsive teaching practices. CRP is grounded in evidence-based strategies that: Draw on the knowledge and skill our students bring to the classroom, Create supportive relationships that allow... Continue Reading →
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Finding Accessible Ready-to-Go Teaching Materials (Fall 2024)
We all want to have accessible teaching materials, but sometimes lack time to make our own materials accessible--but we would use good materials that are already accessible! Between our library... Continue Reading →
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Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Fall 2024)
OnlineThis is the pre-webinar associated with the NED short course: Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (starts Sept. 16th). This webinar will present an overview of the Scholarship of Teaching and... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101 (Fall 2024)
September 9 - 29, 2024 Short Course Description This short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values and... Continue Reading →
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Get to Know the NED (Fall 2024)
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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Teaching with H5P Series (September 2024)
Teaching with H5P Series What is H5P? H5P is a tool for creating interactive online learning content and activities. There are many interactive types: practice questions, drag and drop, image hotspot,... Continue Reading →
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OEN Webinar
Open 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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Empathy by Design (Fall 2024)
September 16 - October 6, 2024 Short Course Description This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there... Continue Reading →
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