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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Universal Design for Learning: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences – February 2022
OnlineDescription Design accessibility, access, and equity in your courses – Universal Design for Learning is a framework that can help us address every students’ unique learning needs! This webinar is an overview of the Universal Design for Learning guidelines plus some simple ways to apply UDL in your online teaching and learning experiences. Participants will... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology: Spring 2022
OnlineFebruary 14 - March 6, 2022 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an equity framework. Explore ways to design courses that address access, accessibility, as well as equitable learning outcomes. In this... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: February 2022
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the February 2022 release (version 20.22.02) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, February 17. 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... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: February 2022
OnlineTopic: Navigating Accommodation Referrals Faculty support for, and attitudes toward, the use of accommodations is identified by students with disabilities as a leading factor in their academic success. Join Molly Tast, Assistant Director for the Office for Students with Disabilities at Anoka-Ramsey Community College for a conversation about making meaningful referrals that have positive impact... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101: Spring 2022
OnlineFebruary 21 - April 3, 2022 Short Course Description This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values and... Continue Reading →
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Racial Justice and Disability Justice: Working Together to Free Our Minds and Bodies
OnlineDescription We will discuss the compound impact of intersections between racism and ableism within US society and why this intersect is so rarely discussed in social justice. We’ll hear from key figures who work in racial and/or disability justice and think about how their ideas overlap or could overlap. Lastly, we’ll talk about what social... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: February 2022
OnlineTopic: Universal Design for Learning Modules Guests Kelli Hutton (Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Minneapolis College) and Lynn Coffey (Minneapolis College) have created a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) module for their students in Ed Psych, and they are currently developing a unit for faculty. These are stand-alone units that can be used for students, and also... Continue Reading →
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Equity Book Group: February 2022
OnlineDescription This is a statewide opportunity to read, discuss, interact, share, and learn with a book on a topic relevant to our work and create action plans to create more equitable learning opportunities for students on our campuses and to eliminate the equity gap by 2030. The first 150 to register will receive a free... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design #1 – Compassion
OnlineDescription What's the difference between empathy, compassion, and humanizing? How can we create an online environment where students gain the most educational and socio-emotional benefit? During this webinar, we'll have an opportunity to explore ideas about what empathy by design can look like in an online environment. We'll also share ideas and discuss how to... Continue Reading →
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Automated Closed Captioning: When to Bot and When to Not
OnlineDescription Automated or machine-generated closed captioning is a game changer for media accessibility. Learn about the pros and cons of automated captioning and transcripts and how to best utilize this developing technology. 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,... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2022
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2022 release (version 20.22.03) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 17. 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... Continue Reading →
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A Framework for Antiracist Praxis: March 2022
OnlineDescription Join Darlene St. Clair and Melissa Prescott, instructors of the Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy short course, for an introduction to antiracist pedagogy and the continuous cycle of antiracist praxis. 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... Continue Reading →
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