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: January 2024 (20.24.01)
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the January 2024 release (version 20.24.01) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, January 18. 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... Continue Reading →
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Finding Accessible OERs: Spring 2024
All of us want to make our courses student friendly. We would love to use low or zero cost materials, and we would like to make sure that they are Creative Commons licensed, high quality, and accessible. But having the time to find these materials is a struggle. This webinar will introduce you to a... Continue Reading →
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OER Librarian Community of Practice: January 2024
Discuss with librarian colleagues the role of libraries in open and no-cost content. How do you participate in affordability at your institution? How do you communicate the library role to... Continue Reading →
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Copy Materials Between Courses: Spring 2024
Learn how to use the Import/export/copy components feature in D2L Brightspace to copy course contents from one course to another. 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 on how to join will... Continue Reading →
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Manage Course Dates to Improve Student Engagement: Spring 2024
January 22 - February 11, 2024 Short Course Course Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Understand and differentiate online course tools, features, and applications (Import/Export/Copy Components, Manage Dates, and Brightspace Pulse) that may be utilized to manage course dates Understand best practices using online course tools and features to communicate... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design: Spring 2024
January 22 – February 11, 2024 Short Course Description This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there... Continue Reading →
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OEN Webinar
Open 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 Minnesota. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200 stipend once the review... Continue Reading →
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Using Strategies from Success Coaching to Support Equitable Advising: Spring 2024
In our effort to support a diverse population of students, transactional forms of advising—those strictly limited to course selection—should be interrogated and revised where possible. A fruitful area that can offer strategies is academic success coaching, which focuses on holistic, ongoing support of students centered around the concept of goal setting and personal development. Yet... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy FLC: Spring 2024
January 29 - April 21, 2024 Faculty Learning Community Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Course Documents: Spring 2024
January 29 - February 18, 2024 Short Course Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making 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,... Continue Reading →
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X, Y, Z, 1, 2, 3? Alternative Grading Methods: Spring 2024
OnlineThis webinar is for anyone ready for something other than A-F evaluation methods. If you'd like to explore alternative grading methods or maybe you've already done so, come learn about the possibilities, share your experiences, or ask questions! RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: January
Description In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Submit a question here beforehand. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. RSVP Required Use the RSVP... Continue Reading →
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