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 Learning Circles – Spring 2021 Applications Due
OnlineWhat are OER Learning Circles? Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around open educational resources (OER) and/or creating OER ancillary materials to help eliminate textbook costs for students. In addition to virtual weekly meetings, OER Learning Circles will utilize a D2L Brightspace course to support... Continue Reading →
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Applying the QM Rubric (2 week short course)
OnlineJanuary 25 - February 7, 2021 Description QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineJanuary 25 - February 14, 2021 Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this introductory course, we’ll have the opportunity to... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Network Webinar
OnlineOEN Webinars introduce open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. Faculty participating in this webinar may review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200.00 honorarium once the review is completed. Registration Deadline is January 25, 2021... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Learning Community
OnlineFebruary 1 - April 25, 2021 Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this course, we’ll have the opportunity to examine... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to the “Creating Accessible Course Documents” short course (Webinar)
OnlineDescription The webinar is for people who are taking, or thinking of taking, the Minnesota State short course "Creating Accessible Course Documents," and functions as an introduction to this course. Come and get a feel for the goals, expectations, and navigation for this course. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering,... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with Short Videos (Webinar)
OnlineDescription The webinar will look at how to use Kaltura MediaSpace (or other video creation software) to assist in your teaching. Various kinds of videos can be used to add interaction, instruction, feedback, and notifications to your courses. Conversation about ways that attendees also use video will be a part of the webinar time! RSVP... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Inclusion Coordinators Monthly Check In: February
OnlineIn collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Educational Innovations unit within Academic and Student Affairs, three Equity and Inclusion Coordinators are assisting with aligning, developing, and implementing a plan for comprehensive set of development opportunities to help faculty members build knowledge, skills, and abilities related to equity and inclusion efforts within... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Rubrics for Beginners and Revisiting the Tool (It’s Greatly Improved!)
OnlineRubrics in D2L Brightspace can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves faculty time evaluating and grading while providing quality and objective feedback on student assignments. Learn the basics of creating rubrics that can be used over and over again. If you tried Rubrics in the past,... Continue Reading →
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Spring 2021 Book Group: February
OnlineSpring 2021 Book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. New this year - the first 150 participants to register for this series will receive a free copy of this eBook. Directions to claim your eBook will be provided in the... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: February
OnlineDescription: In this webinar, host Karen Pikula will answer questions that were commonly asked in OEN Webinars, Koffee with Karen, and the OER Learning Circles. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. Submit an OER Question RSVP RSVP below to register and receive the Zoom URL... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents (3 week short course)
OnlineFebruary 8 - February 28, 2021 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice make digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally, participants will... Continue Reading →
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