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.
Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 | NED Course Catalog | NED Resource Site
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 18 - August 7, 2022 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual and community process, and why it is important Learn strategies for sustained critical self-reflection as a foundation for antiracism work Begin applying antiracist pedagogy to... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 18 - August 7, 2022 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for turning reflection into SoTL inquiry. Module 1 provides an overview of SoTL, including its history and process. Module 2 integrates participants’ reflection on teaching and... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: July 2022 (20.22.07)
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the July 2022 release (version 20.22.07) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, July 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... Continue Reading →
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Creating a Culturally Responsive Syllabus
OnlineThe course syllabus is, as William Germano and Kit Nicholls note in their subtitle of their 2020 book Syllabus, “The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document that Changes Everything.” So, it’s the middle of the semester, but it’s never too soon to be thinking about how you might consider elements within the syllabus that can remove barriers to... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 25 - August 14, 2022 Short Course (This short course was previously titled Humanizing Your Online 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... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Digital Media: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 25 - August 14, 2022 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 →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Summer 2022
OnlineJuly 25 - August 14, 2022 Short Course Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this introductory course, we’ll have the... Continue Reading →
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Logins and Captions and Breakouts, Oh My!
OnlineA look at common issues in Zoom and how to avoid them. Has anyone ever entered your room without your permission when you thought you had the waiting room enabled? Want to know why some students can choose their own Breakout rooms and others can't? Do you want to create an equitable learning experience for... Continue Reading →
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Finding and Using Open Educational Resources
OnlineLooking for that perfect image to insert into your PowerPoint slide? Searching for a soundtrack for your course welcome video? If you mix Creative Commons licensed work into your own creations, how do you cite that work? Can you share copies of it? In this webinar, we will explore some popular repositories of Creative Commons... Continue Reading →
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Applying Content Page Templates in D2L Brightspace 2
OnlineThis webinar will demonstrate how you can use the pre-formatted HTML templates as a starting point for creating Content pages in D2L Brightspace. The templates provide you with example materials and page layouts that you may copy and edit as appropriate for your needs. This webinar walks through the steps of selecting and revising the... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Improving Student to Content interaction: Summer 2022
OnlineAugust 1 - August 21, 2022 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the... Continue Reading →
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Grade Smarter Not Harder: Summer 2022
OnlineAugust 1 - August 21, 2022 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 can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save you time over the long term. In this short course, you’ll examine and apply principles of... Continue Reading →
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