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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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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Continue Reading →
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Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Spring 2024
OnlineThis is the pre-webinar associated with the NED short course: Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (February 12 through March 3rd). This webinar will present an overview of the Scholarship of... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Advising: Spring 2024
February 5 - February 25, 2024 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources necessary to increase equity and inclusion in their work. Participants will engage in a series of activities including, but not limited to discussion, case study... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design: Tips and Favorite Ideas for Humanizing Online Courses: Spring 2024
This webinar, scheduled on the last day of the Empathy by Design short course, will recap ideas, tips, recommendations, and favorite practices explored by participants of that short course. Join... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101: Spring 2024
OnlineFebruary 12 - March 3, 2024 Short Course Description This three-week short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we... Continue Reading →
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