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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Copy Courses and Manage Dates in D2L
OnlineDescription Copy Course Components is a tool in D2L Brightspace that enables you to copy materials from your existing courses into another course. When copying components, you can choose all... Continue Reading →
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Working in Pressbooks: Adding OER Materials
OnlineDescription Pressbooks is a software made available for free to residents of Minnesota by the Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project. We will take some time to look through a couple of... Continue Reading →
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New Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace: November 2021
OnlineDescription The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what’s changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Network Webinar
OnlineOpen Education Network (OEN) Webinars introduce Minnesota State faculty and staff to open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. After the OEN Webinar, attendance will be taken. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: November 2021
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the November 2021 release (version 20.21.11) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, November 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... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: November 2021
OnlineThe November 2021 Conversations with Colleagues has been cancelled. Description When colleagues readied themselves for emergency remote teaching in 2020, we all received a powerful reminder in the value of social learning. Colleagues from across the system who had been separated from one another through physical distance came together online to share ideas and learn... Continue Reading →
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Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineNovember 22 - December 12, 2021 Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define anti-racist pedagogy as an individual and community... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: November 2021
OnlineDescription In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Time... Continue Reading →
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Culturally-Based Learning Preferences and Your Teaching
OnlineDescription In Patrick Parrish and Jennifer A. Linder-VanBerschot’s article “Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Addressing the Challenges of Multicultural Instruction” from the journal International Review of Research in Open and Distance... Continue Reading →
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Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Communities (Spring 2022 Deadline)
OnlineJoin a Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Community! It's a chance for to re-engage with colleagues in your field of study, and to explore evidence-based strategies to reduce equity gaps. Spring 2022... Continue Reading →
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Minnesota State Equity Scorecard: Overview and Future Directions
OnlineIn partnership with the Office of Equity and Inclusion Description The Minnesota State Equity Scorecard serves a resource and tool to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) across our the... Continue Reading →
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New Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace: December 2021
OnlineDescription The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what’s changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with... Continue Reading →
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