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.
Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 | NED Course Catalog | NED Resource Site
Events
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What’s a Humanized Online Course? Option 1 (Webinar)
OnlineParticipants 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... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 2 (3 week short course)
OnlineMarch 29 - April 18, 2021 Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices... Continue Reading →
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FlexTrack for Working Adults (Innovation Expo)
OnlineDakota County Technical College & Inver Hills Community College Background FlexPace is a mastery-based online learning program founded at Riverland Community College in 2016. Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills Community College adapted its own FlexPace program... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: March
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... Continue Reading →
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A Mindful Path Towards Becoming “Our Community’s College” (Innovation Expo)
OnlineLake Superior College Background A Mindful Path Towards Becoming ‘Our Community's College’ at Lake Superior College is a program focused on bringing equity to the campus, using mindfulness as a tool to create... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy at Minneapolis College: An Intensive, Cohort Training (Innovation Expo)
OnlineMinneapolis College Background Minneapolis College has created a year-long cohort training focused on Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP). The training supports cohorts of faculty working together to shift their teaching practices... Continue Reading →
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Students Takeover OER (Innovation Expo)
OnlineCentral Lakes College Background The Students Takeover OER initiative trains students to assist faculty with OER authoring, resource discovery, and course redesign with an accessibility focus. Many faculty in have... Continue Reading →
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Co-Curricular Assessment: Partnerships Centered on Student Learning (Innovation Expo)
OnlineSaint Paul College Background Co-Curricular assessment has become increasingly important as colleges evaluate how they provide a holistic educational experience to students. Saint Paul College is establishing best practices to... Continue Reading →
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Course Design Self-Check (Webinar)
OnlineDescription Where do you start when thinking about designing your course for student learning? By taking a high-level review of what is in your course, you can set a plan... Continue Reading →
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Preparing Tomorrow’s Professionals to Work with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations (Innovation Expo)
OnlineCentury College Background Minnesota has a proud tradition of welcoming immigrants and refugees, many of whom do not speak English fluently. At Century College the translating and interpreting (TRIN) faculty... Continue Reading →
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Gamification of Fundamentals of Writing I (Innovation Expo)
OnlineSaint Paul College Background Fundamentals of Writing I is a required course for many students at St. Paul College, including students entering the trades who take it as a sole writing... Continue Reading →
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Learn to Live (Innovation Expo)
OnlineCentral Lakes College Background Mental health therapy is traditionally provided through in-office visits, creating barriers for access such as social stigma attached to in-person visits, long wait lists to schedule... Continue Reading →
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