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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  • Disability Justice I (Fall 2025)

    September 22 - October 12, 2025 Short Course Description In this 3-week introduction to disability justice course, you will learn about disability justice, practice using inclusive language, and apply strategies... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Accessibility Check-Up with the Quality Matters Rubric (Fall 2025)

    Preparing an online course that’s accessible to all learners is essential—but knowing where to start can be overwhelming. This one-hour webinar is designed for faculty who are new to accessible course design and want to build confidence using the Quality Matters (QM) 7th Edition Rubric, specifically General Standard 8, to evaluate and improve the accessibility... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Strengths-Based Advising (Fall 2025)

    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... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • OER Unconference

    Online

    OER Unconference Date: September 25, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Location: Zoom This informal, collaborative event is open to anyone working with Affordable Course Resources, Open Educational Resources (OER),... Continue Reading →

  • Equity and Advising (Fall 2025)

    September 29 - October 19, 2025 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Beyond the Classroom: Defining Co-Curricular Assessment (Fall 2025)

    Co-Curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. In this webinar, we'll discuss perspectives on defining what co-curricular assessment means in the context of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and other professional organizations. Attendees will also have opportunities to share examples from their own... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Teaching with AI Workshop (October 2025)

    Date October 3, 2025 In-Person Workshop Location: Minnesota State System Office (St. Paul, MN) This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying AI in your teaching context. Participants... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Disability Justice: from individual rights to collective power (Fall 2025)

    Disability Justice is a framework that prioritizes disabled women, indigenous, people of color, queer, trans, gender-nonconforming and other historically excluded groups recognizing the political and social structures that work against their rights for power and access. This session provides an introduction to the tenants of disability justice and identifies key differences between disability rights -... Continue Reading →

    Free

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