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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  • I can’t teach with the arts, and other academic lies we tell ourselves: Breaking the Myth

    Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series is to continue honoring and showcasing the experience and expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year through the opportunity... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Teaching with H5P Series (November 2025)

    Teaching with H5P Series Featuring: Ayesha Shariff (History, Saint Paul College) What is H5P? H5P is a tool for creating interactive online learning content and activities. There are many interactive types: practice questions, drag and drop, image hotspot, timeline, virtual tour, branching scenario, and more.   The Teaching with H5P Series explores equitable teaching methods and H5P. ... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • I can’t teach with the arts, and other academic lies we tell ourselves: Going Deeper

    Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series is to continue honoring and showcasing the experience and expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year through the opportunity... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Getting Started with a SoTL Study: Finding the Questions (Fall 2025)

    Discover how to transform classroom curiosities into strong, researchable SoTL questions. This interactive 45-minute session introduces the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, explores frameworks for effective question design, and provides practical tools to refine ideas into actionable inquiries that improve student learning and advance your teaching practice. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series (November 2025)

    Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Rosy Hjerstad (Admissions Counselor and Community Outreach, Metro State University) The Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each 30-minute session a featured colleague shares how they’re using AI in their teaching. You’ll see a real example in action and hear how... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Let’s Create (or edit) an Image using AI! (Fall 2025)

    This session will help you experiment with Microsoft Copilot to create or edit fun & helpful images for your course, or for your general work. We will cover how to log in to Copilot using your Minnesota State credentials, how to work with the tool for creating new or editing existing images, and how to... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series (December 2025)

    Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Quincy Foster (Information Technology Community Faculty, Minneapolis College) The Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each 30-minute session a featured colleague shares how they’re using AI in their teaching. You’ll see a real example in action and hear how it supports... Continue Reading →

    Free

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