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.

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  • What’s New in D2L 20.20.01?

    Online

    Description We host a monthly webinar to showcase the new features or improvements to D2L Brightspace. This webinar will focus on version 20.20.01, the January release that you'll see in... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Rubrics to Save Time Evaluating Student Work

    Online

    Description Learn how to make the most of Rubrics to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves you time evaluating and grading while providing quality and objective feedback on student assignments. Attend... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Open Textbook Network Webinar

    Online

    Webinars introducing open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota.  Faculty participating in this webinar may review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200.00 honorarium once the review is completed. Register here: https://open.umn.edu/otn/workshops/1-27-2020 Questions? Contact Karen Pikula,... Continue Reading →

  • Accessibility Webinar – Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible Part 1

    Online

    RSVP for Part 2 on February 12, 2020! >>> Topic: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible Part 1 Recorded Presenter: Karen Hawkins, Senior Experience Designer, Publicis.Sapient Almost anyone today can make a website accessible. But that doesn't mean that people using assistive technologies can USE them! I aim to change that. As a user experience... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Annotations in Assignment Submissions

    Online

    Description Using the Annotation tool in D2L Brightspace, you can quickly complete your evaluation and feedback work directly from the Assignments tool, without the need to use any external tools... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Humanizing your Course Facilitation

    Online

    Description Get a taste of the 3-week short course Humanizing Your Course.  In this webinar, we'll preview some strategies to make your online teaching more human and more engaging. Based... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • OER Learning Circles – Spring 2020 Applications Due (Learning Community)

    Online

    OER Learning Circles - Spring 2020 Applications due February 7, 2020 OER (open educational resources) Learning Circles provide faculty, from across the system and from any discipline, the opportunity to collaborate with others committed to redesigning courses, creating ancillary materials, or authoring to help eliminate textbook costs for students. In addition to virtual weekly meetings,... Continue Reading →

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