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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Awards and Certificates in D2L (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Provide your students with Awards or Certificates after they successfully completed activities within your D2L Brightspace course. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided to send you the connection details and reminder emails as the event date gets closer, but we suggest you add this... Continue Reading →
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Writing Effective Assessment Questions – Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Writing good assessment questions more accurately capture what students know. In this webinar, you’ll learn principles of writing effective questions to create more reliable and valid tests by exploring the following topics: Why assess? Why tests? Criteria for Test Quality Supporting Test Taking Success Featured Focus: Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions RSVP Required Use... 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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Getting started with the Gradebook (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Attend this webinar to see a hands on overview of how to get started using the Gradebook in D2L Brightspace. If you've never used the Gradebook before, or only... Continue Reading →
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Micromessaging – The Role of Faculty in Student Engagement and Success (Webinar)
OnlineEquity in Practice Series – Addressing Equity and Building Stronger Relationships with Students Other events in the series: Equity in Practice Series Micromessaging – The Role of Faculty in Student... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Network Webinar
OnlineOEN Webinars introduce open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. Faculty participating in this webinar may review an... Continue Reading →
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Kaltura MediaSpace Webinar: Creating videos that support the cognitive and affective domains of learning – Option 2
OnlineDescription In this webinar, the facilitator will provide participants with examples of how instructors can create videos that support both the cognitive and affective domains of learning. Cognitive domain: The... Continue Reading →
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Calculating Grades in the Gradebook (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Trying to figure out the details of gradebook settings and how calculations are performed in a D2L Brightspace course? Want to learn the options for how your students view... Continue Reading →
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Writing Effective Assessment Questions – Option 2 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Writing good assessment questions more accurately capture what students know. In this webinar, you’ll learn principles of writing effective questions to create more reliable and valid tests by exploring... Continue Reading →
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Pulse App for Student Engagement (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Brightspace Pulse is a mobile app that helps students keep track of important dates. It brings announcements, deadlines, and grades from all courses together in one place so students... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: October
OnlineDescription: In this webinar, host Karen Pikula will answer questions that were commonly asked in OEN Webinars, Koffee with Karen, and the OER Learning Circles. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. Submit an OER Question RSVP RSVP below to register and receive the Zoom URL... Continue Reading →
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Equity in Online Environments (Webinar)
OnlineEquity in Practice Series – Addressing Equity and Building Stronger Relationships with Students Other events in the series: Equity in Practice Series Equity in Online Environments Description In this webinar... Continue Reading →
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