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.

Summer 2026  |  NED Course Catalog  |  NED Resource Site

  • Accessible Digital Media

    Online

    January 24 - February 12, 2023 Short Course Description  Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Classroom Inquiry and IRB

    Online

    February 13 – March 5, 2023 Short Course Description Participants will review Scholarship of Teaching (SoTL) premises to generate an inquiry question and a study outline grounded by consideration of equity and ethics. In doing so, participants will review what counts as valid and reliable data and two major approaches to make sense of different... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Equity 101

    Online

    February 21 - April 2, 2023 Short Course Description This six week 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... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Grade Smarter Not Harder

    Online

    March 20 - April 9, 2023 Short Course (This course was previously titled Improving Online Assessments) Description  Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Disability Justice I

    Online

    Introduction to Disability Justice March 27 - April 16, 2023 Short Course Description In this 3-week introduction to disability justice course, you will learn about disability justice, practice using inclusive language, and apply strategies to interrupt ableism. You can expect to create documents and/or find ways to apply your learning right away, including options like:... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Equity and Advising

    Online

    May 29 - June 18, 2023 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources... Continue Reading →

    Free

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