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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Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 3 (Video Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and more polarized as... Continue Reading →
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Zoom: Securing Your Digital Learning Environment – Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription This webinar will explore various meeting options to secure a Zoom session. We will explore secure distribution methods to restrict access to specific users and how to leverage in meeting controls to avoid unwanted distractions while facilitating Zoom sessions. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided... Continue Reading →
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Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 2 (Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description As Americans prepare to go to the polls on November 3,... Continue Reading →
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OER Discovery and Introduction to Advocacy
OnlineThe 4th OER Librarian's Workshop Day has been reconfigured into a virtual format and presents 2 separate entry points for engagement based on background knowledge and experience. Entry Point #1: OER Discovery and Introduction to Advocacy September 18, 2020 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm View Entry Point #2 Description This virtual event is for... Continue Reading →
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Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 3 (Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description As Americans prepare to go to the polls on November 3,... Continue Reading →
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What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 4 (Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is in conflict, as most Americans demand change... 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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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... 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... 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... 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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