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
Events
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Quiz Creation Strategies and Timesaving Tips
OnlineDescription Interested in exploring how to save time when creating quizzes? You can learn how to shuffle questions, randomize them, draw from a set of questions, and more! The formerly... Continue Reading →
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Quick and Effective Feedback
Description Grading isn't just about giving your students a numerical score. It's also about providing formative feedback to help students improve their learning. During this session we will review some... Continue Reading →
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D2L Brightspace Workshop: Gradebook
St. Cloud State University - Miller Center, Room B31 (basement) 400 6th St. S., St. Cloud, MN, United StatesHave you always wanted to find the most efficient way to set up your gradebook in Brightspace? Have specific questions you’d like answered? Join us for the Gradebook workshop where... Continue Reading →
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D2L Brightspace Workshop: Rubrics
St. Cloud State University - Miller Center, Room B31 (basement) 400 6th St. S., St. Cloud, MN, United StatesDo you want to provide consistent feedback to students in a timely manner? Do you get bogged down in the process of evaluating and commenting on student work? Learn how... Continue Reading →
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Assessment of Student Learning (3 week start date)
OnlineDescription How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you'll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something... Continue Reading →
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Release Conditions to Guide the Learning Path
OnlineDescription Release conditions enable the instructor to guide the path for student learning by releasing items to students in a prescribed order, encouraging the student to attain mastery of skills... Continue Reading →
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CTE Works! Summit
In-PersonCTE Works! Summit: Connecting Learning to Earning The annual Minnesota CTE Works! Summit connects educators, advisors, and administrators from high schools and colleges with workforce developers, business and industry partners, and our local communities. This energizing professional development event features national leaders and local innovators sharing their data-informed research and practices in Career and Technical Education (CTE),... Continue Reading →
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HTML Editor Tips and Tricks
OnlineDescription Is the HTML editor a mystery to you? Learn to use it in the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) view with all its bells and whistles,... Continue Reading →
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Learning Objectives: What, Why, Where & How
OnlineWell-written learning objectives establish the foundation upon which courses are designed and delivered. They form the basis for the instructional materials and assessments that are included in the course. They... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing your Course Facilitation
OnlineHumanizing your Course Facilitation November 7, 2019 | 11:00-11:50am Get a taste of the 3-week short course Humanizing Your Course coming in December 2019. Instructor Amy Jo Swing and Coach... Continue Reading →
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Rubrics to Save Time Evaluating Student Work
OnlineDescription Learn 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... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – Evaluating and Repairing Word and PowerPoint Files – Part 1
OnlineTopic: Evaluating and Repairing Word and PowerPoint Files – Part 1 Recorded Presenter: Jonathan Whiting, Director of Training & Evaluation, WebAIM In this hands-on workshop, learn to evaluate and repair... Continue Reading →
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