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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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 time over the long term. In this short course, you'll examine and apply principles of validity & reliability and writing effective quiz and test questions.... 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 Course Template as starting points when designing a new course or re-designing an existing course. The templates provide you with example materials and course layout... 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 the instructional objective first and consider the best tool for the job. By the end of this three-week course you will be able to identify and apply... 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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Improving your Online Course via Quality Matters -Option 2 (2 week short course)
OnlineOctober 26 - November 6 Description The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their own online courses and develop a course improvement plan. The content is based on the essential Specific Review Standards of... Continue Reading →
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Assessment of Student Learning (Start 3 weeks)
OnlineNovember 2 - November 22 Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you'll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something your students should know or be able to do) and the assessments that are aligned to help measure and evaluate... Continue Reading →
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Improving Student-to-Content Interaction – Option 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineNovember 2 - November 22 Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the Content tool, tips... Continue Reading →
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Applying the QM Rubric – Option 2 (2 week short course)
OnlineNovember 9 - November 22 Description QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those considering... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning – Option 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineNovember 30 - December 20 Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in a course are aligned with the learning objectives students are supposed to master. Here is what participants will do in this course: Apply Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to course module... Continue Reading →
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Skills to Manage Course Dates to Improve Student Engagement (3 week short course)
OnlineJanuary 18 - February 7, 2021 Description By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including the Import/Export/Copy Components, Manage Dates, and Brightspace Pulse) to effectively course facilitation for student motivation. You will be provided with efficient ways to offset dates from previously offered courses, tips and... Continue Reading →
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Applying the QM Rubric (2 week short course)
OnlineJanuary 25 - February 7, 2021 Description QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineJanuary 25 - February 14, 2021 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... Continue Reading →
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