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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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom (3 week short course)
OnlineAligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom June 8 – June 28 Description This spring, 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 reflect and identify the instructional objective first and consider the best tool for the job. By the end of this three-week course... Continue Reading →
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Foundations of Teaching Online (Long course)
OnlineJune 8 - August 9, 2020 Break from July 4 - July 12 Course Learning Objectives Construct a course schedule, template, or outline that includes at least one learning objective for each module for your course. Create an alignment map with your learning objective(s), assessment tool, learning activities, and materials. Develop one assessment tool that... Continue Reading →
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Locating and Using OER and Library Resources (Webinar) – Option 1
OnlineDescription Are you interested in learning more about library and OER resources to incorporate into your classes this fall? In this webinar, learn from teaching faculty and librarians about how they have been able to access and incorporate these resources as well as hear suggestions on how you might be able to do the same. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
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What’s a Humanized Online Course? Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Participants will be guided through interactive demonstrations of five specific humanizing practices they could integrate in to their own online courses. Each demonstration will focus on a specific evidence-based course facilitation or design practice using tools available to all Minnesota State instructors. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email... Continue Reading →
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Time is an Issue: Finding and Using Already Accessible Materials (Webinar)
OnlineDescription As more of our faculty have to move to hybrid or fully on line modes of teaching this fall, time is an issue if we need to create all... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Course – Section 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineJune 15 – July 5 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... Continue Reading →
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Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week short course)
OnlineAligning Effective Instructional Strategies with Academic Technologies: Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools June 15 – July 5 Description The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support student-to-content interaction... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in 20.20.06?
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.20.06, the June release that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, June 18. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided to send you reminder emails as the event date gets closer, but we suggest... Continue Reading →
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Using the D2L Brightspace Quizzing Tool to Help Assess Student Learning (Webinar)
OnlineDescription The 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... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning Option 2 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Dive into some of the topics featured in the Minnesota State three week short course “Designing Your Course for Student Learning” beginning on July 6, 2020. Preview some of the topics in the course to decide if taking the course is the right fit for you! RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues – June
OnlineDescription When colleagues readied themselves for emergency remote teaching this spring, we all received a powerful reminder in the value of social learning. Colleagues from across the system who had been separated from one another through physical distance came together online to share ideas and learn from one another. We would like to sustain this... Continue Reading →
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D2L HTML Templates
OnlineDescription Get a jump-start on creating your course Content by making use of some pre-built HTML template files available to you when building your online course materials. This webinar will walk through the steps of selecting and revising the templates to make your class shine. Dress up your class and save time with templates that... Continue Reading →
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