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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Events
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Humanizing Your Online Course (3 week short course)
OnlineSeptember 21 - October 4 Description This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are no scheduled... Continue Reading →
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Quick Eval Tool (Webinar)
OnlineDescription The Quick Eval tool provides a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all D2L Brightspace courses. You can sort, filter and search to prioritize which items you want to assess first. Become acquainted with the Quick Eval tool so you can save in your assessment and grading. RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Drop-In Session – Academic Continuity
OnlineStaff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access (Zoom,... Continue Reading →
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Using HTML Templates in D2L (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Get a jump-start on creating your course Content by making use of some pre-built HTML template pages available to you in D2L Brightspace. This webinar will walk through the steps of selecting and revising the HTML Content templates to make your class shine. Dress up your class and save time with templates that are... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning: Learning Objectives Deep Dive – Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineWhat should participants expect from attending this webinar? Brief overview of Bloom's Taxonomy Practice writing learning objectives Feedback or Q and A for their learning objectives RSVP Required Use the RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Zoom: Creating Inviting Learning Spaces – Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription In this webinar, we will explore ways to set the tone of a digital meeting with welcome options, sample preparation and support materials, and accessibility features. We will explore... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Kaltura MediaSpace – Option 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineSeptember 28 - October 18 Description You may have used Kaltura MediaSpace as the quickest way to record your screen for a lecture, or as a place to store your... Continue Reading →
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Awards and Certificates in D2L (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Provide your students with Awards or Certificates after they successfully completed activities within your D2L Brightspace course. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the... Continue Reading →
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Writing Effective Assessment Questions – Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Writing good assessment questions more accurately capture what students know. In this webinar, you’ll learn principles of writing effective questions to create more reliable and valid tests by exploring... Continue Reading →
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Drop-In Session – Academic Continuity
OnlineStaff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access (Zoom,... Continue Reading →
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Getting started with the Gradebook (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Attend this webinar to see a hands on overview of how to get started using the Gradebook in D2L Brightspace. If you've never used the Gradebook before, or only... Continue Reading →
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Micromessaging – The Role of Faculty in Student Engagement and Success (Webinar)
OnlineEquity in Practice Series – Addressing Equity and Building Stronger Relationships with Students Other events in the series: Equity in Practice Series Micromessaging – The Role of Faculty in Student... Continue Reading →
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