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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Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support instructor-to-student interaction in courses. Maintaining instructor presence through regular communications (announcements, updates) and specific student-instructor interactions. Engaging in heightened monitoring of student progress throughout the first few weeks and actively communicating with students when they get behind or are having difficulty with... Continue Reading →
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Quick Eval Tool: Saving Time on Grading
OnlineDescription The Quick Eval tool in D2L Brightspace provides you a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all your Brightspace courses. You can sort,... Continue Reading →
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Annotations in Assignment Submissions
OnlineDescription Using the Annotation tool n to D2L Brightspace , you can quickly complete your evaluation and feedback work directly from the Assignments tool, without the need to use any... Continue Reading →
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Virtual Reality Workshop @ St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University - ISELF 118 720 4th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN, United StatesDon't miss out on this free opportunity for Minnesota State faculty, staff, and administrators to learn more about virtual reality and how you can use it in the classroom. Get an introduction to VR Learn about how VR is used in education Gain awareness of VR opportunities in Minnesota State Discover how to incorporate VR... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace 20.19.10?
OnlineDescription We host a monthly webinar to showcase the new features or improvements to D2L Brightspace. This webinar will focus on version 20.19.10, the October release that you'll see in... Continue Reading →
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Koffee with Karen: Z-Degree
OnlineKoffee with Karen: Community Conversations are open forum conversations for all to share, discuss, and learn from colleagues in the Minnesota State OER community. Hosted by Karen Pikula, the OER... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – DIY Digital Accessibility
OnlineTopic: DIY Digital Accessibility: Building the Foundation for Accessible Course Content at the University of Maryland Recorded Presenter: Sue Johnson, Instructional Designer UMD’s commitment to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive educational environment for people of all abilities means that creators of web-based information must have the skills and abilities necessary to ensure it... Continue Reading →
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Best of the Minnesota Summit Webinars
OnlineThink Your Way Out of the Problem Thursday, October 17, 2019, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CDT Presented by: Pamela McGee, Denise Gorsline, Joshua Behl, Minnesota State University, Moorhead To successfully navigate today's challenges in education, regardless of the level, we need to find a way to create a culture of innovation and collaboration. Using practices... Continue Reading →
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Copy Course Materials to a New Course with Ease
OnlineDescription Copy Course Components is a tool in D2L Brightspace that enables you to copy materials from your existing courses into another course. When copying components, you can choose all or select individual items to copy into your course. Learn how you can save... Continue Reading →
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Manage Course Dates on a Single Screen
OnlineDescription The Start, End, and Due dates from most tools can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual tool and... Continue Reading →
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Virtual Reality Workshop @ Rochester Community and Technical College
RCTC - Coffman Hall 206/208 851 30th Ave SE, Rochester, MN, United StatesDon't miss out on this free opportunity for Minnesota State faculty, staff, and administrators to learn more about virtual reality and how you can use it in the classroom. Get an introduction to VR Learn about how VR is used in education Gain awareness of VR opportunities in Minnesota State Discover how to incorporate VR... Continue Reading →
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Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring learning outcomes based on student interaction with content. Improving content as needed to facilitate learner outcomes. By the end of this three week course you... Continue Reading →
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