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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Creating Accessible Course Documents (3 week short course)
OnlineFebruary 8 - February 28, 2021 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice make 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, participants will... Continue Reading →
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Foundations of Teaching Online (long course)
OnlineFebruary 8 - April 11, 2021 Course Learning Objectives Construct a course schedule, template, or outline that includes at least one learning objective for each module for your course. Create... Continue Reading →
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Setting Up and Evaluating Assignments in D2L Brightspace (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Explore the versatility of the Assignments (formerly called Dropbox) tool in Brightspace. We'll walk through the various types of assignments that can be set up and managed, and show... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Rubrics to Save Time Evaluating Student Work (Webinar)
OnlineLearn how to make the most of Rubrics to engage learners in all stages of assignments and discussions from start to finish. This webinar builds on the "Rubrics for Beginners"... Continue Reading →
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Equity 2030 Update: Spring 2021 (Webinar)
OnlineJune 2019, we set a critical goal: By 2030, Minnesota State will eliminate the educational equity gaps at every Minnesota State college and university. It is a staggeringly ambitious goal and one that will require both intentional systems and culture change and innovation as well as advocacy and leadership with partners and stakeholders across the... Continue Reading →
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Creating an inviting digital learning space through Zoom (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Virtual spaces still provide opportunities to personalize and humanize the learning environment. When facilitating sessions outside of a traditional setting, we need to be aware of techniques to share... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: February
OnlineTopic: Student-centered Learning Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) launched a peer cohort designed to increase student-centered teaching practices in the online, hybrid, and/or technology-rich classroom. Seventy-five faculty participants are engaging in... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: February 20.21.02 (Webinar)
OnlineDescription This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.21.02, the February release, that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, February 18. RSVP Required Use the... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Inclusion Coordinators Mid-February Check-in
OnlineIn collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Educational Innovations unit within Academic and Student Affairs, three Equity and Inclusion Coordinators are assisting with aligning, developing, and implementing a plan for comprehensive set of development opportunities to help faculty members build knowledge, skills, and abilities related to equity and inclusion efforts within... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Open Educational Pedagogy (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Both Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) and Open Educational Pedagogy (OEP) can offer us insight and support as we shift to bring students quality and compassionate education during the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing. CRP advocates that education utilize student’s lived experience; OEP advocates that education empower students as partners in... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course 1 (2 week short course)
OnlineFebruary 22 - March 7, 2021 Description The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their own online courses and develop a course improvement plan. The content is based on the essential Specific Review Standards... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Online Course (3 week short course)
OnlineFebruary 22 - March 14, 2021 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 are no... Continue Reading →
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