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.
Fall 2026  | NED Course Catalog |  NED Resource Site
Events
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Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series (October 2026)
Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Mary Clifford (Criminal Justice, St. Cloud State University) The Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each 30-minute session a featured colleague shares how they’re using AI in their teaching. You’ll see a real example in action and hear how it supports... Continue Reading →
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Collaborate + Create: AI Agent in a Day Workshop (Fall 2026)
October 23, 2026 In-Person Workshop Location: Minnesota State System Office (St. Paul, MN) Join us for a one-day, in-person workshop (8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.) at the Minnesota State system office in... Continue Reading →
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AI: Strategies for Instructors​
Are you noticing changes in student engagement, wondering how AI is showing up in student work, or questioning whether your activities still align with course outcomes? In this practical session,... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Course (Fall 2026)
October 26 - November 15, 2026 Short Course This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying AI in your teaching context. Participants will collectively explore generative AI tools... Continue Reading →
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OER Basics and Beyond (Fall 2026)
October 26 - November 15, 2026 Short Course Description This short course is sequentially designed to help faculty understand, evaluate, and effectively integrate Open Educational Resources (OER) into their teaching... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy/Open Educational Pedagogy (Fall 2026)
Both Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) and Open Educational Pedagogy (OEP) can offer us insight and support as we shift to bring students quality education. CRP advocates that education utilize student’s... Continue Reading →
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Hacking Your Course Assessments (Fall 2026)
November 2Â - 22, 2026 Short Course Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you will examine the assessments... Continue Reading →
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Co-Curricular Learning Outcome Taxonomies – Exploring Bloom’s and Fink’s (Fall 2026)
Many of us in the field of assessment are familiar with using Bloom's Taxonomy that focuses on cognitive and intellectual learning. Fink's Taxonomy, which focuses on how learning can inspire... Continue Reading →
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Filling Potholes: Creating Assessments that Matter
Creating a powerful learning experience that aligns with equitable teaching practices involves assuring students believe they matter: that they matter in the class community itself and that they are completing... Continue Reading →
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AI: Humanizing the Thought Partner
AI: Humanizing the Thought Partner focuses on how instructors can help students use Copilot not as a shortcut, but as a critical companion that strengthens thinking, learning, and integrity. As... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (Fall 2026)
November 9 - 29, 2026 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for turning... Continue Reading →
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Educational Developers Meeting (Fall 2026)
An open invitation for self-identified Educational Developers on campuses. Educational Developers are individuals on campus who identify, coordinate, lead, and/or facilitate educational development opportunities on campus that support teaching and... Continue Reading →
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