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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2021 Shark Tank Open
OnlineApril 8, 2021 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. View the Program The Shark Tank Open is Minnesota State Educational Innovation’s premier innovation event, drawing educators from across 37 colleges and universities for one grand afternoon of reimagining education! 2021 Shark Tank Open Pitch Schedule Faculty and staff innovators from across the state will go before expert... Continue Reading →
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Virtual Reality (Innovation Workshop)
OnlineThis workshop will cover using Virtual Reality for education. We’ll talk about VR hardware and software, where the VR Market and hardware is currently and likely to go. We’ll talk about the challenges and rewards of implementing VR in your educational plan. We’ll also cover using Social VR such as AltspaceVR to deliver classes, events, and workshops. This... Continue Reading →
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Digital Badging (Innovation Workshop)
OnlineDigital badging is a new curricular concept to address some of the challenges faced in higher ed. In this workshop, the presenters will demonstrate the use of digital badges to promote student success and as an avenue for collaboration for faculty/staff across disciplines both at 4-year and 2-year institutions. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (Innovation Workshop)
OnlineParticipants will learn about the new Culturally Responsive Pedagogy training at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. This training leverages several Innovation Grant funded initiatives which have supported our college’s building capacity and skills around CRP, Open Education, Mindfulness, and Trauma Awareness. By engaging in the workshop, participants will: Connect culturally responsive pedagogy to equity-focused mindfulness,... Continue Reading →
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The Power of an Innovative Mindset (Innovation Workshop)
OnlineThe unprecedented demand of today’s educational and workplace environments require a toolkit of competencies, career readiness skills, and confidence to successfully navigate toward success while overcoming uncertainty, adversity, and constant change management. Join this workshop to learn how developing an Innovative Mindset and “Thinking like an entrepreneur” regardless of your working environment can build strength... Continue Reading →
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Designing Your Course for Student Learning (3 week short course)
OnlineApril 12 - May 2, 2021 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... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course 2 (2 week short course)
OnlineApril 12 - April 25, 2021 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... Continue Reading →
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What’s new in D2L Brightspace: April 2021
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the April release (version 20.21.04) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, April 15. 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 calendar. ... Continue Reading →
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Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Fellows for Metrics and Evaluation 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. Dr. Doris Hill was selected as the Chancellor’s Fellows for Metrics & Evaluation. She was tasked with collecting information on... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles – Summer 2021 Applications Due
OnlineWhat are OER Learning Circles? Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around open educational resources (OER) and/or creating OER ancillary materials to help eliminate textbook costs for students. In addition to virtual weekly meetings, OER Learning Circles will utilize a D2L Brightspace course to support... Continue Reading →
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Minnesota State REFLECT 2021 Applications Due (Learning Community)
OnlineMinnesota State REFLECT Applications Due April 16, 2021 Minnesota State is seeking members for a two-year cohort within the Minnesota State REFLECT project. The project brings together faculty from across disciplines, institutions, and experience to participate in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) faculty learning community. Minnesota State REFLECT scholars will be supported as... Continue Reading →
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Overview of New Evaluation Experience in D2L Brightspace
OnlineD2L is developing an updated interface for evaluations in Brightspace. The first place where the interface is being rebuilt is in the Assignments tool. Come take a look! Note: The new experience will be developed for other tools in the future (Discussions, Quizzes). RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a... Continue Reading →
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