NED Events Calendar

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.

Summer 2026  |  NED Course Catalog  |  NED Resource Site

  • Finding and Using Open Educational Resources

    Online

    Looking for that perfect image to insert into your PowerPoint slide? Searching for a soundtrack for your course welcome video? If you mix Creative Commons licensed work into your own creations, how do you cite that work? Can you share copies of it? In this webinar, we will explore some popular repositories of Creative Commons... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Grade Smarter Not Harder: Summer 2022

    Online

    August 1 - August 21, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Improving Online Assessments) Description  Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Humanizing Technologies in the Higher Education Classroom

    Online

    Learn how to be intentional in choosing classroom technologies based on a humanizing perspective. We will explore how technologies can be used to humanize a course and which technologies can do it better than others. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • What’s New in D2L Brightspace: May – July 2022

    Online

    Get up to date on all the changes to Brightspace that were implemented over the summer of 2022. This session will include updates that occurred from May 2022-July 2022. (The August update features will be covered in the "What's New" session on Monday, August 15). RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register.  After... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • D2L Brightspace Overview

    Online

    If you are new to using D2L Brightspace, or would like a refresher, attend this overview session where we will take a look at some of the most commonly used... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • D2L Brightspace Overview

    Online

    If you are new to using D2L Brightspace, or would like a refresher, attend this overview session where we will take a look at some of the most commonly used... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • D2L Brightspace: Create Content

    Online

    Use the Content tool in D2L Brightspace to its greatest potential, by utilizing it as the framework for learning and assessment activities in your online course. We’ll include tips for... Continue Reading →

    Free

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