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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Applying the QM Rubric 2 (2 week short course)
OnlineMarch 8 - March 20, 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... Continue Reading →
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D2L Brightspace: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction (3 week short course)
OnlineMarch 8 - March 28, 2021 Description By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Classlist, Email, Intelligent Agents, personalized Announcements, and private Discussions) to improve instructor-to-student interactions. You will be provided with efficient ways to email students, tips and tricks to personalize communication for students,... Continue Reading →
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GRIT Program (Innovation Expo)
OnlineMinnesota State University Moorhead Background Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Growth, Resilience, Initiative, and Transformation (GRIT) Program is designed to retain and support students that do not meet automatic admission criteria and are admitted as a conditional student. GRIT creates an opportunity for students to get connected with a success coach, learn the best success strategies... Continue Reading →
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Assessment Design for Student Motivation (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Boost motivation and academic honesty in your online courses. In this one-hour webinar you will learn three factors that contribute to academic motivation and immediately applicable strategies to implement these factors in your own online courses. Outcomes At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to… List at least two factors that... Continue Reading →
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Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Academic Equity Fellows Recommendations (Webinar)
OnlineIn January 2020, Chancellor Malhotra appointed four Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Fellows from among Minnesota State faculty across the state to generate an essential knowledge base to lay the philosophical and practical groundwork for Equity 2030. Drs. Ruthann Crapo Kim and Ajaykumar Panicker were selected as the Chancellor’s Fellows for Academic Equity. They were tasked with... Continue Reading →
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Using Zoom’s Analytic and Reporting Features (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Ever wonder how you can quickly get attendance reports from previous Zoom sessions? Wouldn’t it be nice to recall the details of who responded a certain way to the class poll that you used in Zoom. With the detailed meeting and usage reports you can analyze session data to find out all of these... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 20.21.03 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.21.03, the March release, that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 18. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to your... Continue Reading →
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Engaging Trades Faculty in Classroom-Based Research to Improve Student Success (Innovation Expo)
Northwest Technical College Background The MN REFLECT Program at Anoka-Ramsey Community College has gained momentum, inspiring faculty research in teaching & learning across colleges in Minnesota State. Although the program has successfully drawn faculty from many disciplines, incorporating trades faculty into the research work has remained aspirational. Faculty from Northwest Technical College will be the... Continue Reading →
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Assessment Design for Student Motivation 2 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Boost motivation and academic honesty in your online courses. In this one-hour webinar you will learn three factors that contribute to academic motivation and some immediately applicable strategies to implement these factors in your own online courses. Outcomes: At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to… List at least two factors... Continue Reading →
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Bringing the Farm to the Classroom with Virtual Reality (Innovation Expo)
OnlineSouthwest Minnesota State University Background At Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU), students travel to farms many miles from the university to gain valuable farm experience. Unfortunately, weather hazards or other challenges make these visits impossible, leading to missed learning opportunities that cannot be rescheduled. Through the use of virtual reality technology, SMSU is bringing the farm... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: March
OnlineTopic Strategies for Developing Communities of Practice This session is about developing an Equity and Inclusion Community of Practice. Ronald Ferguson, with colleagues at Ridgewater, have developed a faculty-driven community of practice to promote equity-related practices in and out of the classroom. The goal for the session is not only provide a primer on communities... Continue Reading →
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Caring in an Unjust World (Webinar)
OnlineDescription In this webinar, participants will discuss how caring for students of color and low-income students becomes a political act because it pushes back against the racialized disparities in academic outcomes that continue to affect our students. Participants will investigate how to construct caring teacher-student relationships that stem from their intentions to positively influence the... Continue Reading →
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