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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Events
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Fall OER Learning Circles (Applications Due)
OnlineOER Learning Circles 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 and/or... Continue Reading →
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Zoom Information Session
OnlineJoin Us Please register/RSVP and join us at https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/6181652382 for a guided tour of Zoom by folks from Minnesota State. Details about the Zoom Service Who can use Zoom? All... Continue Reading →
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Open Textbook Network Webinar
OnlineWebinars 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... Continue Reading →
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Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription 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... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility, UDL, and You
OnlineWhen creating or revising your course materials and content, are you using the built-in features of Word, PowerPoint, and Brightspace to ensure that your course materials and content are accessible? In this webinar, participants will review the important role faculty play in designing courses that are accessible. Participants will learn how to create accessible course... Continue Reading →
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Best of the Minnesota Summit Webinars
OnlineRecipes for Effective Online Teaching: Curated Videos Plus Activities Thursday, September 19, 2019, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. CDT Presented by: Susan Tade, University of Minnesota; Nima Salehi, School of Nursing,... Continue Reading →
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Z-Degree Project (Application Due)
Announcing the Minnesota State Z-Degree Project In accordance with recent state legislation, Minnesota State is embarking on a program to create three new zero cost textbook degrees (Z-Degree) on three... Continue Reading →
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CC Certificate for Librarians – Fall
OnlineThe Creative Commons Certificate is an in-depth course about CC licenses, open practices and the ethos of the Commons. The course is composed of readings, quizzes, discussions and practical exercises... Continue Reading →
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Increase Student Engagement with Discussion Boards
OnlineIn this webinar, you will be introduced to several, easy to implement discussion techniques that can be used to increase student engagement. You will be introduced a variety of different... Continue Reading →
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OER Librarian’s Workshop Day
Quarry Center 314 10th Ave. S., Waite Park, MN, United StatesRSVP Below by September 23rd Academic librarians are critical partners in efforts to provide open educational resources (OER) for students and faculty. Educational Innovations is happy to announce an opportunity... Continue Reading →
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Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents
OnlineDescription What in the world is an Intelligent Agent? The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends automated emails to students when they need a reminder to complete a specific task in your course or perhaps deserve a message of support for completing a task. The Intelligent Agent tool can promotes learners to be accountable... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) – Start 2 Weeks
OnlineDescription 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 the Quality Matters Rubric. Participants... Continue Reading →
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