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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OER Community Conversations: February
OnlineShare the Flyer Topic: OER and Equity Host: Ed Minnema, Equity Coach at the Minnesota State system office Join this discussion on equity, how it is an ongoing process, never perfect, but a work in progress, and how OER compliments this process as well as providing some ideas for and examples of best practices in... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Create rubrics
OnlineLearn how to create and make the most of the Rubrics tool in D2L Brightspace to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves you time evaluating and grading while providing quality and... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Evaluate using Rubrics
OnlineLearn how to make the most of Rubrics to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. Rubrics can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves you time evaluating and grading while providing quality and objective feedback on student assignments. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
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Lecture Recording Best Practices
OnlinePre-recorded lectures can be extremely helpful for student learning, but not all lectures are equally effective. In this webinar, we will explore what research says does and does not work well to improve student learning regarding video lectures. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to... Continue Reading →
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Connecting the Classroom to Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways: March
OnlineSecond in a Three-Part Series Connecting the Classroom to Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways March 3, 2023 @ 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Virtual Register for the other events in... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry
OnlineThe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guides us as instructors to engage in continuous review, revision, and renewal of our teaching practices to support student learning. With SoTL, we... Continue Reading →
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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... Continue Reading →
