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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OER Next Steps: Advocacy and Integration
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 #2: OER Next Steps: Advocacy & Integration October 9, 2020 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm View Entry Point #1 Description This virtual event is for... Continue Reading →
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Shifting the Conversation from Debate to Dialogue 1 (Webinar)
OnlinePersonal Learning as Part of Educational Development: A NED Affiliated Series Other events in the series: Recognizing Political Affiliation as a Social Identity Shifting the Conversation from Debate to Dialogue... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 12 - November 1 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice make 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, participants will get... Continue Reading →
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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... 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... 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... 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 does that mean for you? What benefits do Allied Institutions get? Learn more about this membership, its benefits, and how to start using them! Guest:... 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... 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 meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this introductory course, we’ll have the opportunity to examine... 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 of learning objectives. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided to send you reminder emails as the... Continue Reading →
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