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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Manage Dates in D2L Brightspace
OnlineThe Start, End, and Due dates from most tools in D2L Brightspace can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual tool and opening each individual item to change dates, you can use Manage Dates to view all dates at once, with filtering, sorting and searching... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: February
OnlineDescription In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Submit a question here beforehand. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below... Continue Reading →
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OER Librarians Community of Practice: February 2023
OnlineDiscuss with librarian colleagues how to support instructional design principles and diversity through open and affordable resources. We will start with a brief introduction to the topic by Carrie Miller, an instructional designer, then we will share concerns and best practices. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details... Continue Reading →
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The D2L Announcement Tool: Tips for Improving Instructor Communication
OnlineThis webinar explores how to maximize the D2L Announcement tool for increased instructor-to-student interaction. Scheduling and personalizing announcements, as well as embedding images and linking course content within the message will be covered. Participants can expect to quickly incorporate these tips into their current communication toolbox and reflect on how announcements may be used in... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy
OnlineFebruary 6 - February 26, 2023 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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Create quizzes in D2L Brightspace
OnlineThe Quizzes tool in D2L Brightspace provides a way for you to assess students with an online exam. Learn how you can utilize question layout, dates and time restrictions, and other quizzing features to align with your online exam. Whether you’re new to online quizzing or have experience with it, come explore best practices to... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Institutional Review Boards
OnlineThe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guides us as instructors to engage in continuous review, revision, and renewal of our teaching practices to support student learning. With SoTL, we ask questions like "What will happen after I implement this revision policy?"; "Does this assessment format work better than others?", and "How much more or... Continue Reading →
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D2L Brightspace: Evaluate Students with Quizzes tool
OnlineThe Quizzes tool in D2L Brightspace provides different methods of feedback when assessing students for an online exam. You can choose how to score quiz questions: automatically, manually, and/or with blind marking. Come learn about best practices to utilize the available data analysis within the Quizzes tool and evaluate how well students performed on a... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning
OnlineWhat is humanizing? How can we infuse our courses with empathy through humanizing strategies? During this webinar, we'll have an opportunity to explore practical ideas for humanizing your course, with the goal of identifying at least one humanizing practice to explore further and potentially adopt in ways that fit your practice, disciplines, and courses. This... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction
OnlineFebruary 13 - March 5, 2023 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 instructor-to-student interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Inquiry and IRB
OnlineFebruary 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 →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: February 2023
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the February 2023 release (version 20.23.02) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, February 16. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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