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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Equity 101 2: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 11 - October 31, 2021 Description This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values and worldview (especially... Continue Reading →
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Humanizing Your Online Course: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 25 - November 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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Creating Accessible Course Documents: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 25 - November 14, 2021 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making 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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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineNovember 1 - November 21, 2021 This short course was previously scheduled for September 27 - October 17 Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineNovember 1 - November 21, 2021 Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Understand how we can design our online, hybrid, blended, and hyflex courses with equity in mind Intentionally create relationships with our students Better understand how to help the students navigate all of the... Continue Reading →
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Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
OnlineNovember 22 - December 12, 2021 Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define anti-racist pedagogy as an individual and community process, and why it is important Learn strategies for sustained critical self-reflection as a foundation for anti-racism work Begin applying anti-racist pedagogy to their classes,... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101 for Deans: Spring 2022 (3 week short course)
OnlineJanuary 10 - 30, 2022 Originally scheduled for November 22 - December 12, 2021. Description This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Kaltura MediaSpace: Spring 2022
OnlineJanuary 24 - February 13, 2022 Short Course Description You may have used Kaltura MediaSpace as the quickest way to record your screen for a lecture, or as a place to store your recordings. Now is the time to reflect and identify the instructional objective first and consider the best tool for the job. By the... Continue Reading →
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Grade Smarter Not Harder: Spring 2022
OnlineJanuary 31 - February 20, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Improving Online Assessments) Description Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save you time over the long term. In this short course, you’ll examine and apply principles... Continue Reading →
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D2L: Improving Student-to-Content Interaction: Spring 2022
OnlineFebruary 7 - February 27, 2022 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the... Continue Reading →
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Hacking Your Course Assessments: Spring 2022
OnlineFebruary 7 - February 27, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Assessment of Student Learning) Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended? In this course, you’ll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something your students should know or be able to... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Technology: Spring 2022
OnlineFebruary 14 - March 6, 2022 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an equity framework. Explore ways to design courses that address access, accessibility, as well as equitable learning outcomes. In this... Continue Reading →
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