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 a Humanized Online Course? Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Participants will review two common approaches to defining humanized learning, learn how national standards for online course quality incorporate humanizing strategies, and evaluate their current courses and practices to identify what’s working and what might need improvement. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided to send... Continue Reading →
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Improving Student-to-Content Interaction – Option 1 (3 week short course)
OnlineSeptember 14 - October 4 Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the Content tool, tips... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Learning Community
OnlineSeptember 14 - December 6 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 how... Continue Reading →
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What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 1 (Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is in conflict, as most Americans demand change... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in 20.20.09? (Webinar)
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.20.09, the release that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, September 17. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided to send you reminder emails as the event date gets closer, but we suggest you... Continue Reading →
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Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 1 (Video Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description As Americans prepare to go to the polls on November 3,... Continue Reading →
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Five Ways to Humanize Your Online Course (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Participants will be guided through interactive demonstrations of five specific humanizing practices they could integrate in to their own online courses. Each demonstration will focus on a specific evidence-based course facilitation or design practice using tools available to all Minnesota State instructors. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email... Continue Reading →
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Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 1 (Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and more polarized as... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues – September
OnlineDescription The upcoming 2020 elections present an important opportunity for civic engagement, learning, and action. We invite all faculty to be a part of community efforts to mobilize, educate, and commit to full participation in the 2020 elections. Join us for this month’s Conversations with Colleagues as we provide an overview of upcoming events as... Continue Reading →
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Drop-In Session – Academic Continuity
OnlineStaff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access (Zoom, Kaltura MediaSpace, D2L Brightspace, Office 365). No RSVP needed. Just join us with your questions! Tuesdays 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm CDT - Ends September 29,... Continue Reading →
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What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 2 (Forum)
OnlineWith The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is in conflict, as most Americans demand change... Continue Reading →
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Koffee with Karen: OER Community Conversations – September
OnlineDescription Introduction and Demonstration of Hypothesis and Hypothesis/D2L integration Writing in the margins has always been an essential activity for students. Annotation enhances reading comprehension and helps students think critically about course materials. Hypothesis digital annotation also empowers students to collaborate on understanding and developing ideas about their readings. Dr. Dan Allosso, Assistant Professor of... Continue Reading →
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