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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Yuja Panorama 101-06
OnlineThis session introduces faculty and staff to YuJa Panorama, an accessibility platform integrated within D2L Brightspace, which helps create more inclusive and accessible course content. Participants will learn how Yuja Panorama automatically identifies accessibility issues in course materials, provides guidance for remediation, and offers alternative formats to support diverse learner needs. The session will provide... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues (October 2026)
Topic: What Do We Mean by Deep Learning? A Conversation About Meaningful Learning in Changing Times As educators, we often hear the term deep learning, but what does it look like in practice, and how can we create learning experiences that move beyond memorization to critical thinking, connection-making, and real-world application? This Conversations with Colleagues... Continue Reading →
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Beyond Compliance: Applying Disability Justice and Universal Design in Higher Education (Fall 2026)
Accessibility in higher education must extend beyond legal compliance and individual accommodations to address systemic barriers that affect participation, learning, and belonging. This webinar explores how disability justice principles and Universal Design for Learning can inform more equitable teaching practices, course design, and campus environments. Participants will examine how institutional policies, instructional technologies, assessment practices,... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy/Open Educational Pedagogy (Fall 2026)
Both Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) and Open Educational Pedagogy (OEP) can offer us insight and support as we shift to bring students quality education. CRP advocates that education utilize student’s lived experience; OEP advocates that education empower students as partners in the creation of course materials and disciplinary knowledge. When we understand these as two... Continue Reading →
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Hacking Your Course Assessments (Fall 2026)
November 2Â - 22, 2026 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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Co-Curricular Learning Outcome Taxonomies – Exploring Bloom’s and Fink’s (Fall 2026)
Many of us in the field of assessment are familiar with using Bloom's Taxonomy that focuses on cognitive and intellectual learning. Fink's Taxonomy, which focuses on how learning can inspire... Continue Reading →
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Yuja Panorama 101-07
OnlineThis session introduces faculty and staff to YuJa Panorama, an accessibility platform integrated within D2L Brightspace, which helps create more inclusive and accessible course content. Participants will learn how Yuja... Continue Reading →
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Filling Potholes: Creating Assessments that Matter
Creating a powerful learning experience that aligns with equitable teaching practices involves assuring students believe they matter: that they matter in the class community itself and that they are completing... Continue Reading →
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Open and Accessible: An Introduction to OER with Accessibility in Mind (Fall 2026)
Open Educational Resources (OER) do more than reduce textbook costs. Because OER are openly licensed, faculty can adapt them to meet student needs, improve accessibility, and support a diverse range... Continue Reading →
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Words Matter: Recognizing Ableism, Interrupting Microaggressions, and Advancing Inclusive Communication (Fall 2026)
Language shapes institutional culture, influences perceptions of disability, and can either reinforce exclusion or promote belonging. In higher education, ableist assumptions and disability-related microaggressions frequently appear in everyday conversations, instructional practices, institutional communications, and decision-making processes. This webinar examines how implicit bias contributes to ableist language and explores practical strategies for recognizing and interrupting disability-related... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues – Ideas That Support Learning in an AI World
Topic: Ideas That Support Learning in an AI World Educators across Minnesota State are actively exploring how the growing availability of artificial intelligence is changing teaching, learning, and assessment in our courses. While AI presents new opportunities, it also raises important questions about how best to evaluate student learning, maintain academic integrity, and design meaningful... Continue Reading →
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AI: Humanizing the Thought Partner
AI: Humanizing the Thought Partner focuses on how instructors can help students use Copilot not as a shortcut, but as a critical companion that strengthens thinking, learning, and integrity. As AI tools become easier to access, students often default to asking for answers or full drafts—reducing productive struggle, originality, and meaningful engagement with ideas. In... Continue Reading →
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