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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Automated Closed Captioning: When to Bot and When to Not (Webinar)
OnlineAutomated or machine-generated closed captioning is a game changer for media accessibility. Learn about the pros and cons of automated captioning and transcripts and how to best utilize this developing... Continue Reading →
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Using D2L Quizzes to Assess Students (Webinar)
OnlineIn this webinar, we will cover some tips and tricks for using D2L Quizzes to assess student knowledge and skills. Topics will include creating and using test banks and item... Continue Reading →
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Caring in an Unjust World (Webinar)
OnlineDescription In this webinar, participants will discuss how caring for students of color and low-income students becomes a political act because it pushes back against the racialized disparities in academic... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning 2: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 5 - July 25, 2021 Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in a course are aligned with the learning objectives students are supposed to master. Here is what participants will do in this course: Apply Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to course... Continue Reading →
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Six Ways to Improve Learning with Retrieval Practice: Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Improve learning with retrieval practice teaching methods. Learn six practical strategies for your synchronous and asynchronous courses that use retrieval to enhance academic achievement and long-term learning. Outcomes: Define... Continue Reading →
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Improving Online Assessments 2: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 12 - August 1, 2021 Description Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101 2: Summer 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 12 - August 1, 2021 Course Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define basic language surrounding equity and inclusion Critically examine ideas about people,... Continue Reading →
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What’s new in D2L Brightspace: July 2021 (Webinar)
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the July 2021 release (version 20.21.07) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, July 15. RSVP Required Use the RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Plus: Principles to Enhance Online Teaching and Learning (Webinar)
OnlineParticipants will review the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework: social, cognitive, and teaching presence (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000), and consider specific strategies to create a more inclusive and equitable online course... Continue Reading →
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Six Ways to Improve Learning with Retrieval Practice: Option 2 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Improve learning with retrieval practice teaching methods! Learn six practical strategies for your online courses that use retrieval to enhance academic achievement and long-term learning. Outcomes: Define retrieval practice in your own words. Articulate one benefit of retrieval for learning. Share at least one applied teaching strategy for incorporating retrieval in synchronous courses. Share... Continue Reading →
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Update on Guided Learning Pathways – Practice Alignment Assessment Results (Webinar)
OnlineApproved by the Minnesota State Board of Trustees in November 2020 after a three-year collaborative development process, the Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways Framework (GLP Framework) is an enterprise-level student success strategy. Building on evidence from across the nation, the GLP Framework outlines characteristics of effective practices in supporting students throughout their educational journey with... Continue Reading →
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The Complicated History of Latinx/Latine Students and Schooling (Webinar)
OnlineDescription We will use empathy to understand the impact of the many conditions that have resulted in the miseducation of Latinx/Latine students. In addition, participants will learn about the multiple ways that the Latinx/Latine community has/continue to resist their unequal treatment and the resiliency that they have shown on the journey towards higher education. By... Continue Reading →
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