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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Equity and Inclusion Coordinators Monthly Check In: May
OnlineIn collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Educational Innovations unit within Academic and Student Affairs, three Equity and Inclusion Coordinators are assisting with aligning, developing, and... Continue Reading →
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Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Fellows for Predictive Analytics (Webinar)
OnlineIn January 2020, Chancellor Malhotra appointed four Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Fellows from among Minnesota State faculty across the state to generate an essential knowledge base to lay the philosophical and practical groundwork for Equity 2030. Dr. Jeff Ueland’s Fellowship in Predictive Analytics was extended for a year to allow him to assist with the development... Continue Reading →
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What’s new in D2L Brightspace: May 2021 (Webinar)
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.21.05, the Monthly release that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, May 20, 2021. RSVP Required Use the... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Network Webinar
OnlineOEN Webinars introduce 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... Continue Reading →
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Teach Together Minnesota! (Conference)
OnlineView the Program Educators from across Minnesota are invited to join this free virtual event to connect with colleagues within your discipline to have facilitated discussions grounded in cultural fluency and culturally relevant pedagogies. MinnState.edu/TeachTogetherMN Registration is Closed For last minute registration contact TeachTogether@MinnState.edu. Those who registered received a calendar appointment from ed-innovations@minnstate.edu with... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Teaching for Biology Faculty
OnlineMay 19 - June 9, 2021 Description Faculty members teaching within the discipline of Biology are invited to join colleagues in this three week short course to explore and apply elements of culturally responsive teaching to the courses you teach. In this three week course, participants will complete short readings w/ corresponding activities and participate in weekly... Continue Reading →
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HTML Content templates in D2L Brightspace (Webinar)
OnlineGet a jump-start on creating your course Content by making use of some pre-built HTML template files available to you when building your online course materials. This webinar will walk... Continue Reading →
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Five Ways to Humanize Your Online Course: Option 2 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Participants will be guided through interactive demonstrations of five specific humanizing practices they could integrate in to their own online courses. Each demonstration will focus on a specific evidence-based... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineMay 24 - June 13, 2021 Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in a course are aligned with the learning objectives students are supposed to master. Here is what participants will do in this course: Apply Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to course... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: May
OnlineDescription: In this webinar, host Karen Pikula will answer questions that were commonly asked in OEN Webinars, Koffee with Karen, and the OER Learning Circles. Time will be allotted toward... Continue Reading →
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Assessment Design for Student Motivation: Option 3 (Webinar)
OnlineBoost motivation and academic honesty in your online courses. In this one-hour webinar you will learn three factors that contribute to academic motivation and some immediately applicable strategies to implement... Continue Reading →
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Applying Templates in D2L Brightspace: Summer 2021 (2 week short course)
OnlineJune 1 - June 13, 2021 Description Whether you are new to online teaching and learning or an experienced user of D2L Brightspace, you can use the pre-formatted HTML Templates and Course Template as starting points when designing a new course or re-designing an existing course. The templates provide you with example materials and course... Continue Reading →
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