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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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  • NED: Foundations

    Foundations of Teaching Online for Deans (Summer 2026)

    June 1 - August 2, 2026 (No class/Break: June 29 - July 5, 2026) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

    Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Data (Summer 2026)

    June 1 - June 21, 2026 Short Course Description In this class, participants are expected to bring a specific Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Inquiry Question and preliminary literature review of the topic. From there, participants will explore evidence approaches (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods), select an appropriate tool from that evidence approach, determine... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Academic Technologies

    Making Zoom Sessions More Accessible and Inclusive (Summer 2026)

    We might be used to using Zoom in our work, but not all of us, especially our students, are. In this session, we’ll look at Zoom reactions, annotations, and the whiteboard along with the benefits and barriers of those tools when meeting in Zoom. We’ll also talk about community agreements and how to create norms... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Academic Technologies

    Build Your Course Essentials (Summer 2026)

    June 8 - 28, 2026 Short Course In this three-week short course you will learn essential strategies for building an effective course with technology (D2L Brightspace). Each module includes two key strategies for student success: Module 1: Planning to Build and Start Here Module Module 2: Welcoming Course Homepage and Grades and Feedback Module 3:... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED Themes

    Teaching and Learning Competency: Weeklong Intensive (Summer 2026)

    Dates June 22 to June 26, 2026 In-Person: Note, you must attend the full week Location: Central Lakes College Brainerd, MN This weeklong intensive course fulfills, in part, the Teaching and Learning Competency requirements. The requirements apply to Minnesota State college faculty completing the System Procedure 3.32.1, Part 8. The weeklong intensive is Monday through... Continue Reading →

    Free

  • NED: Academic Equity

    Equity and Technology (Summer 2026)

    July 6 - 26, 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 course,... Continue Reading →

    Free

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