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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Humanizing Your Course – Section 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineJuly 13 – August 2 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... Continue Reading →
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Improving Online Assessments – Section 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineImproving Online Assessments July 13 – August 2 Description Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save you... Continue Reading →
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Improving your Online Course via Quality Matters (2 week short course)
OnlineJuly 13 – July 24 Description The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy – Section 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineCulturally Responsive Pedagogy July 20 – August 9 Description How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to address educational disparities and meet the goals of Equity 2030? One promising... Continue Reading →
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Improving Online Assessments – Section 2 (3 week short course)
Improving Online Assessments July 27 – August 16 Description Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save you time over the long term. In this short course, you'll examine and apply principles of validity & reliability and writing effective quiz... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning – Option 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineAugust 24 - September 13 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 module... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Kaltura MediaSpace – Option 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineAugust 24 - September 13 Description In this course, you'll explore the concept of teacher presence and its importance in helping students learn online. You'll use Kaltura Capture and MediaSpace create and host a video that you can use in one of your courses that demonstrates your teacher presence. Along the way you'll get some... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) – 2 Weeks – Option 1
August 24 - September 4 Description This workshop is licensed by Quality Matters and is delivered by a Minnesota State faculty member using Quality Matters learning management system. Your course facilitator will provide you details on how to access the course at least one week prior to the course. The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop... Continue Reading →
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Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction with D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week short course)
OnlineAligning Effective Instructional Strategies with Academic Technologies: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction using D2L Brightspace Tools August 31 - September 20 Description The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom – Option 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineSeptember 8 - September 27 Description You may have used Zoom as the quickest way to record a lecture or try to replicate a synchronous discussion. Now is the time to reflect and identify the instructional objective first and consider the best tool for the job. By the end of this three-week course you will be able to identify and apply... Continue Reading →
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Improving Student-to-Content Interaction – Option 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineSeptember 14 - October 4 Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the Content tool, tips... Continue Reading →
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Applying the QM Rubric – Option 1 (2 week short course)
OnlineSeptember 21 - October 4 Description QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad... Continue Reading →
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