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.
Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 | NED Course Catalog | NED Resource Site
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Accessible Digital Media
OnlineJanuary 24 - February 12, 2023 Short Course Description Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards... Continue Reading →
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OEN Webinar
OnlineOpen Education Network (OEN) Webinars introduce Minnesota State faculty and staff to open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Learning Community
OnlineJanuary 30 - April 23, 2023 Faculty Learning Community 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 meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this course, we’ll have the... Continue Reading →
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Create materials with HTML and HTML Content templates
OnlineGet a jump-start on creating your course Content by making use of some pre-built HTML template files available to you when building your online course materials. This webinar will walk through the steps of selecting and revising the templates to make your class shine. Dress up your class and save time with templates that are... Continue Reading →
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Creating Equity Through Connection: Connecting with your institution
OnlineFaculty Developer's Series Creating Equity Through Connection: Connecting with your institution February 1 @ 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Virtual Register for the other events in the series: October 4, 2022 | April 14, 2023 How can educational developers focus on Equity 2030 and Guided Learning Pathways (GLP) and support this work on their... Continue Reading →
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Manage Dates in D2L Brightspace
OnlineThe Start, End, and Due dates from most tools in D2L Brightspace can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual tool and opening each individual item to change dates, you can use Manage Dates to view all dates at once, with filtering, sorting and searching... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: February
OnlineDescription In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Submit a question here beforehand. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below... Continue Reading →
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OER Librarians Community of Practice: February 2023
OnlineDiscuss with librarian colleagues how to support instructional design principles and diversity through open and affordable resources. We will start with a brief introduction to the topic by Carrie Miller, an instructional designer, then we will share concerns and best practices. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details... Continue Reading →
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The D2L Announcement Tool: Tips for Improving Instructor Communication
OnlineThis webinar explores how to maximize the D2L Announcement tool for increased instructor-to-student interaction. Scheduling and personalizing announcements, as well as embedding images and linking course content within the message will be covered. Participants can expect to quickly incorporate these tips into their current communication toolbox and reflect on how announcements may be used in... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy
OnlineFebruary 6 - February 26, 2023 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual and community process, and why it is important Learn strategies for sustained critical self-reflection as a foundation for antiracism work Begin applying antiracist pedagogy to... Continue Reading →
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Create quizzes in D2L Brightspace
OnlineThe Quizzes tool in D2L Brightspace provides a way for you to assess students with an online exam. Learn how you can utilize question layout, dates and time restrictions, and other quizzing features to align with your online exam. Whether you’re new to online quizzing or have experience with it, come explore best practices to... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Institutional Review Boards
OnlineThe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guides us as instructors to engage in continuous review, revision, and renewal of our teaching practices to support student learning. With SoTL, we ask questions like "What will happen after I implement this revision policy?"; "Does this assessment format work better than others?", and "How much more or... Continue Reading →
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