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.
Events
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Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility, UDL, and You
OnlineWhen creating or revising your course materials and content, are you using the built-in features of Word, PowerPoint, and Brightspace to ensure that your course materials and content are accessible?... Continue Reading →
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Best of the Minnesota Summit Webinars
OnlineRecipes for Effective Online Teaching: Curated Videos Plus Activities Thursday, September 19, 2019, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CDT Presented by: Susan Tade, University of Minnesota; Nima Salehi, School of Nursing,... Continue Reading →
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Z-Degree Project (Application Due)
Announcing the Minnesota State Z-Degree Project In accordance with recent state legislation, Minnesota State is embarking on a program to create three new zero cost textbook degrees (Z-Degree) on three... Continue Reading →
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CC Certificate for Librarians – Fall
OnlineThe Creative Commons Certificate is an in-depth course about CC licenses, open practices and the ethos of the Commons. The course is composed of readings, quizzes, discussions and practical exercises... Continue Reading →
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Increase Student Engagement with Discussion Boards
OnlineIn this webinar, you will be introduced to several, easy to implement discussion techniques that can be used to increase student engagement. You will be introduced a variety of different... Continue Reading →
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OER Librarian’s Workshop Day
Quarry Center 314 10th Ave. S., Waite Park, MN, United StatesRSVP Below by September 23rd Academic librarians are critical partners in efforts to provide open educational resources (OER) for students and faculty. Educational Innovations is happy to announce an opportunity for librarians and library staff from across Minnesota State to come together for a day to network with colleagues, learn more about OER efforts across... Continue Reading →
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Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents
OnlineDescription What in the world is an Intelligent Agent? The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends automated emails to students when they need a reminder to complete a specific task in your course or perhaps deserve a message of support for completing a task. The Intelligent Agent tool can promotes learners to be accountable... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their... Continue Reading →
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Encouraging Student-Teacher Communication Using Individual Discussions in D2L Brightspace
OnlineDescription With a few changes in your discussion settings, you can create private discussions in your D2L Brightspace course. In this private discussion space you can communicate with individual students... Continue Reading →
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Building Instructor Presence in Online and Blended Courses
OnlineCreating a sense of community and instructor presence is important in all courses. In an online or blended course, it can come with some challenges. This session will provide strategies... Continue Reading →
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Out from the Shadows Workshop Series: Homelessness
OnlineBackground Minnesota State Office of Equity and Inclusion, Minnesota State Educational Innovations, and Minneapolis College present Out from the Shadows Workshop Series. Out from the Shadows of Minneapolis: Power, Pride,... Continue Reading →
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