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

  • Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)

    Online

    Description The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring learning outcomes based on student interaction with content. Improving content as needed to facilitate learner outcomes. By the end of this three week course you... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Video Based Assessments for Personalized Feedback

    Online

    Description Want students to give a presentation or demonstrate a skill through video? Video Assignment could be a great fit. Learners record or upload a video presenting on a topic or demonstrating a specific skill. You can grade video assessments and add time-stamped feedback, showing learners exactly where they need to improve. Attend this webinar... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Accessibility Webinar – We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT Accessible!

    Online

    Topic: We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT (Digital/Web Information) Accessible! Recorded Presenter: Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington In this session the speaker will engage with attendees on promising practices for making the most of limited resources toward a more accessible campus environment. Topics will include such things as... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Quick and Effective Feedback

    Description Grading isn't just about giving your students a numerical score. It's also about providing formative feedback to help students improve their learning. During this session we will review some techniques to provide meaningful feedback without overwhelming the instructor. Learning Objectives Define formative feedback Describe 2-3 methods for providing quick feedback Identify a resource for... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • D2L Brightspace Workshop: Gradebook

    St. Cloud State University - Miller Center, Room B31 (basement) 400 6th St. S., St. Cloud, MN, United States

    Have you always wanted to find the most efficient way to set up your gradebook in Brightspace?  Have specific questions you’d like answered?  Join us for the Gradebook workshop where... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • D2L Brightspace Workshop: Rubrics

    St. Cloud State University - Miller Center, Room B31 (basement) 400 6th St. S., St. Cloud, MN, United States

    Do you want to provide consistent feedback to students in a timely manner?  Do you get bogged down in the process of evaluating and commenting on student work?  Learn how... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • CTE Works! Summit

    In-Person

    CTE Works! Summit: Connecting Learning to Earning The annual Minnesota CTE Works! Summit connects educators, advisors, and administrators from high schools and colleges with workforce developers, business and industry partners, and our... Continue Reading →

  • HTML Editor Tips and Tricks

    Online

    Description Is the HTML editor a mystery to you? Learn to use it in the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) view with all its bells and whistles,... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Learning Objectives: What, Why, Where & How

    Online

    Well-written learning objectives establish the foundation upon which courses are designed and delivered.  They form the basis for the instructional materials and assessments that are included in the course. They... Continue Reading →

    Free

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