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
Events
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Teaching and Learning Competency and the NED – MSCF Probationary Faculty (Option 1)
In this webinar, we will introduce the new course provider for the MSCF Teaching & Learning Competency, the Network for Educational Development (NED). This session is designed for MSCF probationary... Continue Reading →
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Creating Content Pages Using HTML Templates in D2L Brightspace (Summer 2025)
Enhance your Content pages in D2L Brightspace using pre-formatted HTML templates. These templates offer ready-made layouts that you can easily adapt to suit your teaching style and course objectives. In... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles: Fall 2025
Fall 2025 OER Learning Circles September 15 - November 30, 2025 Apply by August 15 Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to saving... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: August 2025
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the August 2025 release (version 20.25.08) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, August 21. 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 your calendar.... Continue Reading →
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Creating an Accessibility Strategy for Your Online Courses (Fall 2025)
As faculty prepare their online courses for the upcoming semester, ensuring accessibility is not just a legal requirement—it’s a commitment to inclusive education. This one-hour session will guide instructors through the process of developing a practical and sustainable accessibility strategy tailored to their course design. Participants will explore key principles, tools, and workflows that support... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents (Fall 2025)
August 25 - September 14, 2025 Short Course Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally,... Continue Reading →
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Regular and Substantive Interaction (Fall 2025)
September 2 - 21, 2025 Short Course Description Enhance your teaching toolkit with this 3-week course focused on regular and substantive interaction (What is regular and substantive interaction?). You'll apply equitable practices and technology tools to support student-instructor interaction. Whether you teach online, or you’d like to bring more interaction into your in-person courses, this... Continue Reading →
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The Importance of Instructor Presence in the Online Classroom (Fall 2025)
You can leverage the power of instructor presence to strengthen relationships with students and enhance communication and engagement in your online courses. The efforts that we make to connect with our students in our online courses can increase student success. In addition, instructor presence in online courses is also central to a set of federal... Continue Reading →
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Teaching By Name: Tools for Student Empowerment
When we ask, “What’s in a name?” in the teaching and learning context, the answer is simple: everything. We know instinctively as teachers that remembering student names is an important part of creating a lively and engaging classroom environment. It’s also important that we get those names right and encourage students to learn each other's... Continue Reading →
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How to be Happy: Building Community in your First Year
Education Developers Connect is an opportunity for educational developers at various Minnesota State System institutions to come together and collaborate on building shared knowledge and resources on teaching and learning and providing support for faculty. In Spring 2025, educational developers across Minn State collaborated on creating educational development resources on different substantive areas for new... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning (Fall 2025)
September 8 - 28, 2025 Short Course Description In this course, we will review and enhance the design of your course to support student learning. We will focus on the key strategy of alignment. Alignment ensures that course content, activities, and assessments are directly connected to the learning objectives. This approach assures that students have... Continue Reading →
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NED Partnership: Accessibility Core Competencies – IAAP Cohort (Fall 2025)
What’s this about? As a Minnesota State faculty or staff member, you get a free membership to the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP). This includes access to the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) prep course. You don’t need to take the CPACC exam to benefit from this course. It’s a great way... Continue Reading →
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