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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Agency in Action: Inside and Outside the Classroom: Session Two
Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series is to continue honoring and showcasing the experience and expertise of the Board of Trustees (BOT) Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year through the... Continue Reading →
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PressbookEDU Office Hour
Pressbooks is an open-source book publishing tool that allows you to publish content to the web and in a variety of export formats from a single source. Pressbooks is used widely in OER programs for remixing, creating, and adopting open content, but it can also be used to make other materials like syllabi, dissertations or... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: February
Description This session, Fran will be sharing OER-related projects that she is involved with at the system office, including the Open Textbooks Pilot project and the Zero-Textbook Cost Transfer Pathways... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Workshop: Part 3 (February 2025)
February 20, 2025 4-Part Virtual Series Workshop registration is full, join the waiting list to be notified of open spots. This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying... Continue Reading →
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Beyond the Classroom – Defining Co-Curricular Assessment (Spring 2025)
Co-Curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. In this webinar, we'll discuss perspectives on defining what co-curricular assessment means in the context of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and other professional organizations. Attendees will also have opportunities to share examples from their own... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: February 2025
February Topic Our main focus is rightly on our students. But the people doing the work of teaching matter, and there is an important overlap between what’s best for our... Continue Reading →
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Educational Developer Meeting (February 2025)
An open invitation for self-identified Educational Developers on campuses. Educational Developers are individuals on campus who identify, coordinate, lead, and/or facilitate educational development opportunities on campus that support teaching and learning. At these Educational Developer meetings, engage in the community by networking with peers, resource sharing, engaging in meaningful conversations, and learning how NED resources... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Workshop: Part 4 (February 2025)
February 27, 2025 4-Part Virtual Series Workshop registration is full, join the waiting list to be notified of open spots. This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying... Continue Reading →
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Exploring Credit for Prior Learning and Veteran Students (Spring 2025)
This session will provide faculty, staff, and administrators with the tools and knowledge to effectively evaluate and award academic credit for military courses and occupations, utilizing the American Council on Education (ACE) credit recommendations. Participants will explore ACE’s historical role in recognizing military learning and examine how its recommendations have evolved to address the changing... Continue Reading →
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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 →
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OE Week: OER at Minnesota State
Open Education Week OER at Minnesota State Minnesota State has fostered the development and use of open educational resources since the early 2010s. This presentation will provide an overview of the work that has been supported, including OER Learning Circles, faculty development workshops, Z-degrees, library resources, grant initiatives, as well as the plans for future... Continue Reading →
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Classroom Strategies for Military Connected Students (Spring 2025)
Military connected students bring diverse backgrounds and unique strengths to our campuses. This workshop offers an overview of military culture and our military connected student population. Share and learn practical strategies to support military connected students in the classroom and beyond! Together we can continue to strengthen efforts to cultivate supportive environments that recognize and... Continue Reading →
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