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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Pulse App for Increased Student Engagement
OnlineDescription Pulse is a D2L Brightspace mobile app that helps students keep track of important dates. It brings news, deadlines, and grades from all courses together in one place so... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: October 2021
OnlineTopic: Post Pandemic Access to Higher Education, Challenges and Opportunities Access to higher education has been transformed because of the pandemic. What changes did we make that are now going to... Continue Reading →
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Librarian Workdays 2021: Affordable Education Explosion
OnlineAcademic librarians are critical partners in efforts to provide open educational resources (OER) for both students and faculty. Educational Innovations is happy to announce two virtual opportunities for librarians and library staff from across... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: October 2021
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the October 2021 release (version 20.21.10) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, October 21. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: October 2021
OnlineDescription Topic: Guiding difficult conversations Teaching controversial topics and concepts is part of many courses and disciplines. Topics like race, culture, gender, and/or sexual orientation are inherent discussions in many... Continue Reading →
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Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription What in the world is an Intelligent Agent? The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends emails to students based on preset conditions. Faculty can create and schedule Intelligent... Continue Reading →
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Demystifying the Gradebook
OnlineDescription Trying to figure out all the details of Gradebook settings and display settings? Want to learn the options to adjust how your students see one or more grades? We’ll... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Online Course: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 25 - November 14, 2021 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 design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are no... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 25 - November 14, 2021 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally, participants will... Continue Reading →
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Calculating Grades in the Gradebook in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription Trying to figure out all the details of Gradebook settings and how calculations are performed? Want to learn the options for the Students’ view of grades? We’ll cover: Differences between Adjusted Final Grade and Calculated Final Grade Dropping Lowest Score Formula Grades Exempting Students from Graded Items Previewing an Individual Student’s Gradebook View RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Universal Design for Learning: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences 2
OnlineDescription Design accessibility, access, and equity in your courses – Universal Design for Learning is a framework that can help us address every students’ unique learning needs! This webinar is an overview of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines plus some simple ways to apply UDL in your online teaching and learning experiences. Outcomes:... Continue Reading →
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New Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace: October 2021
OnlineDescription The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what’s changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with a proactive effort toward making this as smooth a transition as possible. This webinar will be repeated in November and December, please register for one... Continue Reading →
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