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.
Events
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Improving Online Assessments (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 12 - November 1 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 and test questions.... Continue Reading →
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Applying Templates in D2L Brightspace (2 week short course)
OnlineOctober 12 - October 23 Description Whether you are new to online teaching and learning or an experienced user of D2L Brightspace, you can use the pre-formatted HTML Templates and... Continue Reading →
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What’s new in D2L Brightspace 20.20.10 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.20.10, the October release that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, October 15. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided to send you the connection details and reminder emails as the event date... Continue Reading →
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D2L Brightspace: Allow Extra Credit or Bonus items in Quizzes and Graded Items (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Learn how to utilize the bonus feature for quiz questions, individual quizzes, and graded items in your D2L Brightspace gradebook. This webinar will walk through several scenarios and help unravel the mystery of how to effectively administer bonus points in Quizzes and in the course gradebook. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders... Continue Reading →
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Koffee with Karen: OER Community Conversations – October
OnlineTopic: OEN* Allied Institution Membership Minnesota State campuses are members of the Open Education Network as Allied Institutions for the academic year July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021. What... Continue Reading →
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CRP and Trauma Responsive Pedagogy (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Both Culturally Responsive Practices (CRP) and Trauma Responsive Practices (TRP) can offer us insight and support as we shift to bring students quality and compassionate education during the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. Both CRP and TRP understand that when we are marginalized or overwhelmed, our learning capacity... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom – Option 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 19 - November 8 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... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 19 - November 8 Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Assessments (Webinar)
OnlineDescription In this webinar, we will explore the different types of assessments. From formative to summative, traditional to performance-based, we will discuss which assessments might work best with different types... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues – October
OnlineDescription The upcoming 2020 elections present an important opportunity for civic engagement, learning, and action. We invite all faculty to be a part of community efforts to mobilize, educate, and commit to full participation in the 2020 elections. Join us for this month’s Conversations with Colleagues as we provide an overview of upcoming events as... Continue Reading →
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Kaltura MediaSpace Webinar: Using video to support learning strategies like retrieval practice and elaboration – Option 2
OnlineDescription Video as often used as a method of delivering content in order to “get information into students’ heads.” There is no doubt that this form of instruction is critical to supporting student learning, but delivering content is not learning. To see student learning, we need to provide opportunities to “get information out of students’... Continue Reading →
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Examining Inequities in Course Syllabus, Grading and Content (Webinar)
OnlineEquity in Practice Series – Addressing Equity and Building Stronger Relationships with Students Other events in the series: Equity in Practice Series Examining Inequities in Course Syllabus, Grading and Content... Continue Reading →
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