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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Humanizing Your Online Course: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJune 7 - June 27, 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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Foundations of Teaching Online: Summer 2021 (long course)
OnlineJune 7 - August 8, 2021 (Break 7/3 - 7/11) 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 will measure or... Continue Reading →
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Assessment of Student Learning: Summer 2021 (Start 3 weeks)
OnlineJune 14 - July 3, 2021 Description 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 your students should know or be able to do) and the assessments that are aligned to help measure and... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJune 14 - July 4, 2021 Course Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define basic language surrounding equity and inclusion Critically examine ideas about people, perspectives, and experiences that are different from your own Explain the deficit vs. asset mindset and the importance of the asset mindset Reflect on your... Continue Reading →
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What’s new in D2L Brightspace: June 2021 (Webinar)
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and updated changes in the June 2021 release (version 20.21.06) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, June 17. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning: A Deep Dive into Learning Objectives (Webinar Option 1)
OnlineDescription Spend some time creating aligned module objectives for your class! In this 1 hour webinar, we will go through a brief overview of Bloom’s Taxonomy, practice writing learning objectives and then have an open forum to get feedback on your newly written objectives. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. You will receive... Continue Reading →
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Effective Course Design: Self-Check (Webinar)
OnlineHave you ever asked yourself any of these questions about your online course? Why aren't my students able to find what they need? Are my students utilizing all the resources I've provided? I would like to add or change elements of my course, but where do I start? In this webinar, we will explore approaches... Continue Reading →
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Applying Templates in D2L Brightspace (Webinar)
OnlineLearn how you can use the pre-formatted HTML templates as a starting point for creating Content pages in D2L Brightspace. The templates provide you with example materials and page layouts that you may copy and edit as appropriate for your needs. This webinar will walk through the steps of selecting and revising the templates to... Continue Reading →
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Is Time an Issue? Finding Accessible Materials (Webinar)
OnlineDescription We all want to use teaching materials that are high quality, interesting, often open access, and we are making sure that they are accessible to all of our students. But not everything that is out there is accessible! And it is time consuming to try and find these materials. So come and check out... Continue Reading →
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CRP An Introduction: Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription In this introductory presentation, we’ll have the opportunity to examine the central tenets of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP). CRP advocates that good teaching draws on the knowledge and skill our students bring to the classroom, creates supportive relationships that allow students to take learning risks, and prepares students to challenge barriers to their full... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with OERs (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Have you been thinking about trying to teach without a published textbook? Would you like to hear about how someone has done this? Would you like to see a course designed around a wide variety of open access materials? Take some time to hear about various open resources, and see the development of a... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning: A Deep Dive into Learning Objectives (Webinar Option 1)
OnlineDescription You can help your students achieve your course objectives by learning to write targeted, specific learning objectives for each module or week of your class. Great module objectives help you keep your goals in mind as you determine what and how you will teach and assess our students each week. In this 1 hour... Continue Reading →
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