NED Events Calendar

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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  • Inclusive Video Conferencing (Fall 2024)

    November 4 - 24, 2024 Short Course Learn practical strategies to create equitable and engaging video conferencing classes/meetings. Experience and practice how to model and maintain equitable and accessible spaces in a video conference environment (Zoom, Teams Meetings, etc.). Participation in at least 2 of 3 weekly Zoom meetings is required to complete this course.... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED Partnership Workshop: OLC and Equitable Teaching – Facilitating Online Group Work (Fall 2024)

    Nov. 4 - Dec. 1, 2024 Short Course Join a 4-week NED partnership workshop offered through the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). OLC: Facilitating Online Group Work – Participants in this self-paced workshop will dive deeper into the common reasons why groups fail, and provide effective strategies for designing, facilitating, and evaluating online group work. Note:... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED Partnership Workshop: QM and Equitable Teaching – Creating Presence in Your Online Course (Fall 2024)

    Nov. 4 - Dec. 1, 2024 Short Course Join a 4-week NED partnership workshop offered through Quality Matters (QM). QM: Creating Presence in Your Online Course – Participants in this QM facilitated workshop will learn how to create three types of presence in online courses: instructor, social, and cognitive. Format: The partnership workshop includes synchronous... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Creating New Math Corequisite Courses from the Ground Up (Spring 2025)

    Short Course February 10 – March 2, 2025 Registration Closes December 10 NED + Math Pathways The NED has partnered with Math Pathways staff to offer educational development opportunities tailored to support Minnesota State mathematics and statistics faculty. View the flyer. Description This short course is intended for mathematics and statistics faculty who will be... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Co-curricular Assessment (Spring 2025)

    February 10 - March 2, 2025 Short Course Description  Co-curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. This 3-week course will provide participants with strategies and resources for implementing and strengthening co-curricular assessment in departments and functional areas with a unit-level focus. The course... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Accessible Digital Media (Spring 2025)

    March 3 - March 23, 2025 Short Course Description  Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards... Continue Reading →

    Free

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