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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Co-Curricular Learning Outcome Taxonomies – Exploring Bloom’s and Fink’s
Many of us in the field of assessment are familiar with using Bloom's Taxonomy that focuses on cognitive and intellectual learning. Fink's Taxonomy, which focuses on how learning can inspire... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: November 2024
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the November 2024 release (version 20.24.11) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, November 21. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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Educational Developer Meeting (November 2024)
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... 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... Continue Reading →
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Disability Justice and International Students
In this session, we’ll talk about policies and practices that create barriers for international students with disabilities as well as effective classroom interventions. Approximately 7% of international students studying in... Continue Reading →
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Exploring Flexible Course Delivery (Fall 2024)
Date November 21-22, 2024 In-Person Workshop Location: Minneapolis College This interactive 2-day workshop is designed to explore flexible course delivery. Participants will examine the benefits and challenges of various flexible... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: December 2024
Description Creating Equitable Assessments requires self-reflection, an ongoing process that one must continue to engage in to overcome intentional and unintentional barriers for our students. These barriers can arise from... Continue Reading →
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OER Community Conversations: December
Description Gwen Oster started her career as an electrical apprentice with IBEW Local 292. She has taught electrical construction and maintenance for 25 years, beginning at Dunwoody College. Her family... Continue Reading →
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Creating a Syllabus Students Understand (Fall 2024)
The course syllabus is, as William Germano and Kit Nicholls note in their subtitle of their 2020 book Syllabus, “The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document that Changes Everything.” In thinking about spring... Continue Reading →
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Using Intelligent Agents in D2L to Support Learning and Course Alignment
This session will introduce the powerful tool of intelligent agents in D2L and demonstrate how they can be used to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. The focus will be on leveraging intelligent agents to guide students through assignments that are aligned with the course learning objectives, ensuring that they stay on track with key... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: December 2024
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the December 2024 release (version 20.24.12) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, December 19. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to your calendar.... 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 →
