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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Using D2L Awards Tool for Instructor Communication
OnlineJoin an informative webinar about using the D2L Awards tool as one form of instructor-to-student interaction. Badges not only can be designed to reward excellent outcomes on assignments but also... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2023
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2023 release (version 20.23.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 16. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Quick Eval tool
OnlineThe Quick Eval tool provides a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all Brightspace courses. You can sort, filter and search to prioritize which... Continue Reading →
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Grade Smarter Not Harder
OnlineMarch 20 - April 9, 2023 Short Course (This course was previously titled Improving Online Assessments) Description Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it... Continue Reading →
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Technology Tools for Teaching
OnlineMarch 20 - April 9, 2023 Short Course Description You may have used Kaltura MediaSpace as the quickest way to record your screen for a lecture, or as a place to... Continue Reading →
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OEN 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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D2L: New Content Experience
OnlineBrightspace is getting a refresh of its Content experience. D2L suggests they have focused on a clean visual presentation of content for educators and learners. D2L has developed an experience... Continue Reading →
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New Content Experience (repeat session)
OnlineBrightspace is getting a refresh of its Content experience. D2L suggests they have focused on a clean visual presentation of content for educators and learners. D2L has developed an experience... Continue Reading →
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UDL: Ideas that can be incorporated into your online courses.
OnlineUniversal Design for Learning can be very overwhelming when looking at the big picture. Our goal is to give faculty some ideas on items that can be easily integrated into... Continue Reading →
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2024 BOT Awards Information Session: March
OnlineNominations for the 2024 Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence are due November 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm. At this information session, learn about the nomination guidelines for the 2024 Board... Continue Reading →
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The Faculty Journey Mid-Career: Session One
OnlineMinnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series... Continue Reading →
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ChatGPT and Syllabus Considerations
OnlineChatGPT and other artificial Intelligence (AI) already are having an impact on teaching and learning. Maybe you have already experimented with their capabilities or are ignoring it with hopes that... Continue Reading →
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