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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UDL: The Basics and how can you implement it into your courses
OnlineWe all keep hearing about Universal Design for Learning, but what is it? If you try to do some research on it, you will find textbooks written about it. We are looking to break it down to some basic ideas and give faculty some ideas on how to get started without getting overwhelmed. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: February
OnlineShare the Flyer Topic: OER and Equity Host: Ed Minnema, Equity Coach at the Minnesota State system office Join this discussion on equity, how it is an ongoing process, never... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Create rubrics
OnlineLearn how to create and make the most of the Rubrics tool in D2L Brightspace to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves you time evaluating and grading while providing quality and... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Evaluate using Rubrics
OnlineLearn how to make the most of Rubrics to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves you time evaluating and grading while providing quality and objective feedback on student assignments. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
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Lecture Recording Best Practices
OnlinePre-recorded lectures can be extremely helpful for student learning, but not all lectures are equally effective. In this webinar, we will explore what research says does and does not work well to improve student learning regarding video lectures. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to... Continue Reading →
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Connecting the Classroom to Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways: March
OnlineSecond in a Three-Part Series Connecting the Classroom to Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways March 3, 2023 @ 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Virtual Register for the other events in the series: February 15, 2023 | April 4, 2023 This workshop will include concrete examples of what Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways might look like... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry
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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Using D2L Awards Tool for Instructor Communication
OnlineJoin an informative webinar about using the D2L Awards tool as one form of instructor-to-student interaction. Badges not only can be designed to reward excellent outcomes on assignments but also to recognize important college-level skills such as communication, participation, or study practices. Creating badges using various criteria will be demonstrated, which will allow participants to... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2023
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2023 release (version 20.23.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 16. 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... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Quick Eval tool
OnlineThe Quick Eval tool provides a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all Brightspace courses. You can sort, filter and search to prioritize which items you want to assess first. Become acquainted with the Quick Eval tool so you can save in your assessment and grading. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Grade Smarter Not Harder
OnlineMarch 20 - April 9, 2023 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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Technology Tools for Teaching
OnlineMarch 20 - April 9, 2023 Short Course Description You may have used Kaltura MediaSpace as the quickest way to record your screen for a lecture, or as a place to store your recordings. You may have used Zoom as the quickest way to record a lecture or try to replicate a synchronous discussion. Now is the time to... Continue Reading →
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