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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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... 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... 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 Minnesota. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200 stipend once the review... 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... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (Fall 2024)
September 16 - October 6, 2024 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: September 2024
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the September 2024 release (version 20.24.09) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, September 19. 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 this event to your calendar.... Continue Reading →
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Strengths-Based Advising: Fall 2024
A subtle but pernicious challenge to students from marginalized populations navigating higher education is the presence of deficit thinking in implicit and explicit forms. Advising, as a primary and ongoing site of personal and academic discovery for students, can be one location where deficit framing has the greatest impact. As advisors, the way we speak about,... Continue Reading →
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Democracy in the Classroom Without Fear
Hosted by Inver Hills Community College Tuesday, September 17, 1-2pm, Zoom Webinar Link, Passcode: 993698 Panelists Rob Barron, Executive Director, Seed Coalition Ryan Drysdale, Director of Impact and State Networks, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Erica Wood, Geology faculty, Inver Hills Community College Amy Zsohar, Communications faculty, Inver Hills Community College Description You are invited... Continue Reading →
