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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OE Week: MyOpenMath Textbook Companion
OE Week: MyOpenMath Textbook Companion Gus Vettleson Northwest Technical College Math faculty Discover a versatile textbook companion that goes beyond math! This instructor-guided platform allows you to house and grade course materials seamlessly. Explore shareable and trackable courses, with randomization options for limitless question variations. With logic-based design, multiple question formats, LMS compatibility, and easy... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: Lowering the activation energy with OpenStax D2L Course Shells
Lowering the activation energy with OpenStax D2L Course Shells As part of an institutional partnership with OpenStax, instructional designers at Minnesota State University, Mankato created D2L course shells for all existing OpenStax courses after seeing a gap in availability. These courses are recommended as easy steps into OER adoption and include instructor materials such as... Continue Reading →
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Deep Work in a Burnout Society: Session Three
Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series is to continue honoring and showcasing the experience and expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year through the opportunity... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: Making English Classes Affordable using Open and Library Resources
Making English Classes Affordable using Open and Library Resources Kelly Donahue Century College English faculty Randi Madisen Century College Library faculty Find out how Century College English and library faculty collaborate to provide electronic versions of often used novels and other texts, increasing student equity and access, while improving course accessibility and quality. Participants will... Continue Reading →
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Navigating Classroom Dynamics: Mindful Teaching Amid Conflict (Session One)
OnlineNavigating Classroom Dynamics: An Anti-Racist and Trauma-Informed Approach Join the three-part webinar series designed to revolutionize classroom discussions by introducing an anti-racist and trauma-informed approach to conflicts. We recognize that students bring their entire selves to class, encompassing bodies, emotions, and neuro-systems, often carrying traumas resulting from microaggressions, racism, religious differences, and various conflicts. Instructors... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: The Z-Degree Initiative
Towards providing a no-cost textbook pathway The Minnesota State Z-Degree Initiative This webinar will provide an overview of the Z-Degree initiative, feature presentations on the Z-degree programs at Century College and Minnesota State Community and Technical College, and include the announcement of the recipients for the FY24 Z-Degree funding round. RSVP Required Use the RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Strengths-Based Advising: Spring 2024
A subtle but pernicious challenge to students from marginalized populations navigating higher education is the presence of deficit thinking in implicit and explicit forms. Advising, as a primary and ongoing site of personal and academic discovery for students, can be one location where deficit framing has the greatest impact. As advisors, the way we speak about,... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Post Webinar: Reflective Practices: Spring 2024
This is a Post-Webinar associated with the NED Shortcourse: Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (Feb 12-March 3rd). During the webinar we will discuss an overview of Reflective practices that may be used in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects. A background overview of SoTL is presented, reviewing basic steps to the SoTL process before emphasizing... Continue Reading →
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Navigating Classroom Dynamics: Comfort in Discomfort – Embracing Student and Instructor Experiences in the Classroom (Session Two)
Navigating Classroom Dynamics: An Anti-Racist and Trauma-Informed Approach Join the three-part webinar series designed to revolutionize classroom discussions by introducing an anti-racist and trauma-informed approach to conflicts. We recognize that students bring their entire selves to class, encompassing bodies, emotions, and neuro-systems, often carrying traumas resulting from microaggressions, racism, religious differences, and various conflicts. Instructors... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy: Spring 2024
OnlineMarch 18 - April 7, 2024 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual and community process, and why it is important Learn strategies for sustained critical self-reflection as a foundation for antiracism work Begin applying antiracist pedagogy to... Continue Reading →
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OEN Webinar
Open Education Network (OEN) Webinars introduce Minnesota State faculty and staff to open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200 stipend once the review... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2024 (20.24.03)
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2024 release (version 20.24.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 21. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to your calendar.... Continue Reading →
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