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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Disability Justice II (Summer 2024)
July 15 - August 8, 2024 Short Course Disability Justice II: Intersectional identities, action, and justice Description In this course, we focus on an intersectional framework centering disabled Black, brown, indigenous, and people of color and builds on foundational disability justice topics in the context of higher education to move equity awareness into equity action.... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: July 2024
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the July 2024 release (version 20.24.07) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, July 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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UDL: The Basics and how you can implement it into your courses (Summer 2024)
We all keep hearing about Universal Design for Learning, but what is it? If you try to do some research on it, you will find textbooks written about it. We are looking to break it down to some basic ideas and give faculty some ideas on how to get started without getting overwhelmed. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology (Summer 2024)
July 22 - August 11, 2024 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an equity framework. Explore ways to design courses that address access, accessibility, as well as equitable learning outcomes. In this... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: August 2024
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the August 2024 release (version 20.24.08) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, August 15. 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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UDL in Assessment (Summer 2024)
OnlineThis webinar will go into Universal Design for Learning and its application in assessment. We will look at ways that use UDL to make our assessments more equitable to all of our students. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent Enrollment instructors are also welcome to... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles (Fall 2024)
Fall 2024 OER Learning Circles September 16 – December 1, 2024 ​​​​​​​ Apply by August 16 Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to... Continue Reading →
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Successful Accessible Documents: An Intro (Fall 2024)
Want to know more about making your Word documents ADA compliant--accessible for all your students? This webinar will introduce you to the basics of how to make your documents accessible from the very beginning of creating them! RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent Enrollment... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents (Fall 2024)
August 26 - September 15, 2024 Short Course Description This short course provides faculty and staff an opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course introduces participants to basic techniques to using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally, participants will get... Continue Reading →
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Self-Inquiry and Inclusive Teaching FLC (Fall 2024)
September 3 - October 27, 2024 Previously titled Equity and Inclusion Faculty Learning Community Description In this course, faculty will to come together in community to explore culturally responsive teaching... Continue Reading →
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Finding Accessible Ready-to-Go Teaching Materials (Fall 2024)
We all want to have accessible teaching materials, but sometimes lack time to make our own materials accessible--but we would use good materials that are already accessible! Between our library data bases and the world of credible internet sources, there are more accessible videos, transcripts, interviews and articles than you might realize. We will present... Continue Reading →
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Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Fall 2024)
OnlineThis is the pre-webinar associated with the NED short course: Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (starts Sept. 16th). This webinar will present an overview of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning process. Participants will discuss how to get started on a SoTL project including the process steps to for creating a meaningful project. Includes links... Continue Reading →
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