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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Is My Document Accessible?
This webinar is set up to guide you through three essential strategies to make your course materials more accessible using Microsoft 365 tools. We’ll be covering: How to effectively use... Continue Reading →
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Beyond the Classroom – Defining Co-Curricular Assessment
Co-Curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. In this webinar, we'll discuss perspectives on defining what co-curricular assessment... Continue Reading →
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Unlocking your AI Sidekick: Supercharging Your Work
In this webinar we will help define generative AI with real life examples using Microsoft Copilot as an assistant in daily workflow. Learning Outcomes By the end of this session,... Continue Reading →
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What Matters Most: Five Cs to Get New(-ish) Faculty Started
Just getting started in teaching? Looking for fresh approaches? Teaching can feel complex. To be successful, it’s helpful to prioritize early on what is most important. In this webinar, we... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Workshop (November 2024)
Date November 8, 2024 In-Person Workshop Location: Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying AI in your teaching context. Participants... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning (Fall 2024)
November 11 - December 1, 2024 Short Course Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with H5P Series (November 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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Why Aren’t Students Coming to My Office Hours?
In this webinar you will learn about the connection between office hours, equity, and student success; hear from other instructors about their office hour strategies and walk away with practical strategies that you can implement right away. Learning Outcomes Review and share office hour practices that meet a variety of student needs. Connect effective office... Continue Reading →
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Co-Curricular Learning Outcome Taxonomies – Exploring Bloom’s and Fink’s
Many of us in the field of assessment are familiar with using Bloom's Taxonomy that focuses on cognitive and intellectual learning. Fink's Taxonomy, which focuses on how learning can inspire holistic change across multiple dimensions of one's life, can be particularly useful in co-curricular assessment. This webinar will explore the intersections of both taxonomies with... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: November 2024
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the November 2024 release (version 20.24.11) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, November 21. 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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Educational Developer Meeting (November 2024)
An open invitation for self-identified Educational Developers on campuses. Educational Developers are individuals on campus who identify, coordinate, lead, and/or facilitate educational development opportunities on campus that support teaching and learning. At these Educational Developer meetings, engage in the community by networking with peers, resource sharing, engaging in meaningful conversations, and learning how NED resources... Continue Reading →
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PressbookEDU Office Hour
Pressbooks is an open-source book publishing tool that allows you to publish content to the web and in a variety of export formats from a single source. Pressbooks is used widely in OER programs for remixing, creating, and adopting open content, but it can also be used to make other materials like syllabi, dissertations or... Continue Reading →
