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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Conversations with Colleagues (February 2026)
Topic: Designing Accessibility from the Start In this discussion, we will focus on a proactive accessibility mindset in which we approach our materials and D2L Brightspace courses with accessibility at the forefront. Practices such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), appropriate Word formatting, and accessible by design will be discussed. Breakouts will be collaborative with practice... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Creating Accessible Presentation Files 2 (Spring 2026)
Join us as we review an accessibility report for a presentation file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on how to make basic changes to their content that address these accessibility standards. Although the facilitator will be unable to provide one-on-one assistance to all... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series (February 2026)
Teaching/Working with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Mark Gill (Visualization Engineer, St. Cloud State University) The Teaching/Working 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 →
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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Creating Accessible Document Files 3 (Spring 2026)
Join us as we review an accessibility report for a document file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on how to make basic changes to their content that address these accessibility standards. Although the facilitator will be unable to provide one-on-one assistance to all... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Remediation Sprints: Creating Accessible PDF Files 3 (Spring 2026)
Join us as we review an accessibility report for a PDF file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on how to make basic changes to their content that address these accessibility standards. Although the facilitator will be unable to provide one-on-one assistance to all... Continue Reading →
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UDL Strategies You Can Use Tomorrow (Spring 2026)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for creating learning experiences that welcome student variability, reduce barriers, and support more equitable outcomes. In this fast paced, practical session, participants will explore the core UDL principles — multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression — and discover simple strategies they can begin using immediately in... Continue Reading →
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Digital Media Accessibility Using the Quality Matters Rubric (Spring 2026)
This one‑hour online workshop introduces faculty and instructional staff to essential practices for creating accessible digital media aligned with the Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric, with a focus on General Standard 8: Accessibility and Usability. Participants explore practical techniques for ensuring that images, documents, videos, and course interfaces support equitable access for all learners. The... Continue Reading →
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The Humanities and AI Prompting – What’s the Connection?? (Spring 2026)
In this webinar, we will explore "narrative prompting" as executable computer code. Because the basic concept of "prompt engineering" can only take us so far in understanding the human role in AI prompting, we can look to the Humanities to teach us the logic of language and its possible use as an ethical and effective... Continue Reading →
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Strengths-Based Advising (Spring 2026)
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 site of personal and academic discovery for students, can be one location where deficit framing has the greatest impact. As advisors, the way we speak... Continue Reading →
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Using arts literacy activities to build empathy in the classroom (Spring 2026)
From Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) games to poetry prompts to literacy autobiographies — arts literacy activities can help students learn course materials and identify with their peers. They're also just plain fun! A longtime English educator who uses arts literacy activities successfully in all of her classes will share them with you.... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology (Spring 2026)
March 16 - April 5, 2026 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an equity framework. Explore ways to design courses that address access, accessibility, as well as equitable learning outcomes. In this... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2026
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2026 release (version 20.26.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 19. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully... Continue Reading →
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