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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Strengths-Based Advising: Spring 2024
A subtle but pernicious challenge to students from marginalized populations navigating higher education is the presence of deficit thinking in implicit and explicit forms. Advising, as a primary and ongoing site of personal and academic discovery for students, can be one location where deficit framing has the greatest impact. As advisors, the way we speak about,... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Post Webinar: Reflective Practices: Spring 2024
This is a Post-Webinar associated with the NED Shortcourse: Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (Feb 12-March 3rd). During the webinar we will discuss an overview of Reflective practices that may be used in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects. A background overview of SoTL is presented, reviewing basic steps to the SoTL process before emphasizing... Continue Reading →
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Navigating Classroom Dynamics: Comfort in Discomfort – Embracing Student and Instructor Experiences in the Classroom (Session Two)
Navigating Classroom Dynamics: An Anti-Racist and Trauma-Informed Approach Join the three-part webinar series designed to revolutionize classroom discussions by introducing an anti-racist and trauma-informed approach to conflicts. We recognize that... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy: Spring 2024
OnlineMarch 18 - April 7, 2024 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual... 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 Minnesota. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200 stipend once the review... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2024 (20.24.03)
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2024 release (version 20.24.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 21. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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The Beauty of Intersectionality and Disability: Voices for Justice (Option 1)
OnlineAre you ready to meet us? We are here! Explore the beauty of intersectionality. In this panel, students from across the system will share their experiences with disability and race.... Continue Reading →
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Multi-Modal Teaching and Learning Panel: Spring 2024
OnlineIn this panel, students and faculty from across the system will share their experiences with multi-modal teaching and learning. Panelists will have the option to answer questions on benefits and challenges,... Continue Reading →
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Disability Justice II: Spring 2024
March 25 - April 14, 2024 Short Course Disability Justice II: Intersectional identities, action, and justice Description In this course, we focus on an intersectional framework centering disabled Black, brown,... Continue Reading →
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Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction: Spring 2024
March 25 - April 14, 2024 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML... Continue Reading →
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OER FAQ: March
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 a question here beforehand. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Community of Practice: March 2024
Teaching with AI Community of Practice Get connected, explore AI in Spring 2024 What is a Community of Practice? A community of practice is a group of people with a shared passion or interest. The group... Continue Reading →
