NED Events Calendar

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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  • Strengths-Based Advising: Spring 2024

    A subtle but pernicious challenge to students from marginalized populations navigating higher education is the presence of deficit thinking in implicit and explicit forms. Advising, as a primary and ongoing... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • OEN Webinar

    Open Education Network (OEN) Webinars introduce Minnesota State faculty and staff to open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200 stipend once the review... Continue Reading →

  • The Beauty of Intersectionality and Disability: Voices for Justice (Option 1)

    Online

    Are you ready to meet us? We are here! Explore the beauty of intersectionality. In this panel, students from across the system will share their experiences with disability and race. Panelists will have the option to respond to questions around their experiences with disability, identity, disclosure, and access.   Attendees will take away an understanding... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Disability Justice II: Spring 2024

    March 25 - April 14, 2024 Short Course Disability Justice II: Intersectional identities, action, and justice Description In this course, we focus on an intersectional framework centering disabled Black, brown, indigenous, and people of color and builds on foundational disability justice topics in the context of higher education to move equity awareness into equity action.... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • OER FAQ: March

    Description In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Submit a question here beforehand. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below... Continue Reading →

    Free

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