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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Accessible Digital Media (Fall 2025)
October 20 - November 9, 2025 Short Course Description Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities,... Continue Reading →
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Using Pressbooks to Enhance OER Delivery (Fall 2025)
October 27 - November 16, 2025 Short Course Description Pressbooks is an online platform designed to encourage self-publication under a Creative Commons license. It is easy to use and provides... Continue Reading →
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Hacking Your Course Assessments (Fall 2025)
November 3Â - 23, 2025 Short Course Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you will examine the assessments... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (Fall 2025)
November 10 - 30, 2025 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for turning reflection into SoTL inquiry. Module 1 provides an overview of SoTL, including its history and process. Module 2 integrates participants’ reflection on teaching and learning... Continue Reading →
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Philosophy of Community and Technical College Education (Fall 2025)
Registration June 1 - Dec. 15 Course opens Aug. 1 You may register for this course at anytime within the registration dates listed below. Course Terms The following table illustrates... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents (Spring 2026)
January 19 - February 8, 2026 Short Course Description This three-week short course provides faculty and staff an opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a... Continue Reading →
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Co-curricular Assessment (Spring 2026)
January 26 - February 15, 2026 Short Course Description Co-curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. This 3-week course will provide participants with strategies and resources for implementing and strengthening co-curricular assessment in departments and functional areas with a unit-level focus. The course... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design (Spring 2026)
February 2 - 22, 2026 Short Course Description This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Advising (Spring 2026)
February 16 - March 8, 2026 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Digital Media (Spring 2026)
February 16 - March 8, 2026 Short Course Description Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology (Spring 2026)
March 16 - April 5, 2026 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal... Continue Reading →
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Integrating Retrieval Practice (Spring 2026)
March 23 - April 12, 2026 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to retrieval practice teaching methods. Retrieval practice focuses on improving long-term learning. We help students retrieve... Continue Reading →
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