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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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: April 2024
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the April 2024 release (version 20.24.04) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, April 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 your calendar.... Continue Reading →
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OER Project Showcase: 3.5
Register for all OER Project Showcase Events Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around OER and/or creating OER ancillary materials to help eliminate course material costs for students. OER are teaching, learning... Continue Reading →
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OER Project Showcase: 4
Register for all OER Project Showcase Events Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around OER and/or creating OER ancillary materials to help eliminate course material costs for students. OER are teaching, learning... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Community of Practice: April 2024
Teaching with AI Community of Practice Get connected, explore AI in Spring 2024 What is a Community of Practice? A community of practice is a group of people with a shared passion or interest. The group interacts regularly to share, support, and learn together. The Teaching with AI Community of Practice will explore equitable teaching methods and AI. What to expect? You can expect to participate in collective... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: April
This interactive conversation provides a platform for faculty members to explore students' use of AI on their educational journey. First, we will view an Educause video Students’ Perspectives on Using AI (8:16) profiling 3 student perspectives on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and then discuss AI’s immense potential to enhance students’ educational journeys. Here are some ways students might... Continue Reading →
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OER Project Showcase: 5
Register for all OER Project Showcase Events Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around OER and/or creating OER ancillary materials to help eliminate course material costs for students. OER are teaching, learning... Continue Reading →
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Creating Content Pages Using HTML Templates in D2L Brightspace (Summer 2024)
This webinar will demonstrate how you can use the pre-formatted HTML templates as a starting point for creating Content pages in D2L Brightspace. The templates provide you with example materials and page layouts that you may copy and edit for your own courses. During the webinar we will walk through the steps of selecting and... Continue Reading →
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Antiracist Praxis: The Development of a Framework (Summer 2024)
In this webinar, members of the team who created the Introduction to Antiracism short course will discuss the development of an antiracist praxis framework. This framework is the result of... Continue Reading →
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Summer Synergy I: Crafting Dynamic Courses with Course Builder and Intelligent Agent Tools
Join us for a series of two online webinars, during which Minnesota State instructors will embark on a journey to craft their summer courses from inception to fruition, guided by instructional design expertise. Throughout these sessions, we'll unveil the untapped potential of two essential yet often underappreciated tools in D2L: Course Builder and Intelligent Agents.... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Toolkit: Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Data – Part 1 (Summer 2024)
OnlineInformation in these webinars will be useful for participants who have generated an initial Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) question and are working out a specific plan conducting research to explore that question. Part 1. This first webinar meeting introduces you to possible types of SoTL questions and research methods that may align with... Continue Reading →
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Summer Synergy II: Crafting Dynamic Courses with Course Builder and Intelligent Agent Tools
Join us for a series of two online webinars, during which Minnesota State instructors will embark on a journey to craft their summer courses from inception to fruition, guided by instructional design expertise. Throughout these sessions, we'll unveil the untapped potential of two essential yet often underappreciated tools in D2L: Course Builder and Intelligent Agents.... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: May 2024 (20.24.05)
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the May 2024 release (version 20.24.05) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, May 16. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent Enrollment instructors are also welcome to join. After registering, a calendar invite with details... Continue Reading →
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