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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  • Beyond “Allowed or Not”: Building Practical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Summer 2026)

    This interactive webinar invites faculty to move beyond simple “allowed or not allowed” conversations about generative AI and toward practical, learning-centered guidance for students. Participants will practice evaluating AI-generated outputs and consider how clear expectations can help students use AI responsibly, ethically, and purposefully. Through brief examples, discussion, and a hands-on design activity, participants will... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • From Historical Exclusion to Present-Day Barriers: Disability Justice, Race, and Higher Education (Summer 2026)

    This webinar will examine how our own historical beliefs, institutional practices, built environments, academic policies, and cultural assumptions continue to shape barriers for disabled Black, brown, Indigenous, and people of color in higher education. In this session, we will attempt to position disability justice not just as an accommodation framework, but rather as a structural critique of... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Equity 101 (Summer 2026)

    July 27 - August 16, 2026 Short Course Description This short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • UDL Starts with the Syllabus (Summer 2026)

    Our syllabus is our introduction to our students. Making adjustments to the tone and presentation of our syllabus can be a very good way of engaging with our students immediately, and this sets a good foundation for their future learning. After a short introduction to UDL and the Accessible Syllabus, we’ll spend our time reviewing... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Assessing Learning in the Age of AI (Summer 2026)

    As AI becomes part of students’ learning workflows, traditional assessments may no longer provide sufficient evidence of what students know and can do. Come explore how AI is reshaping assessment and why the conversation needs to move beyond detection toward intentional design. Together, we will examine where learning may be hidden in AI-supported work, apply... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • From Awareness to Action: Building Disability Justice Advocacy Plans in Higher Education (Summer 2026)

    This webinar will focus on how we are translating disability justice and antiracist commitments into practical advocacy, redesign, and collective action. It will emphasize personal examples of action planning that center disabled Black, brown, Indigenous, and people of color and ask us to attempt to move beyond individual awareness toward institutional change, shared responsibility, and sustained accountability.... Continue Reading →

    Free

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