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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Designing Your Course for Student Learning (3 week short course)
OnlineApril 12 - May 2, 2021 Description This 3 week short course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in a course are aligned with the learning objectives students are supposed to master. Here is what participants will do in this course: Apply Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to course... Continue Reading →
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Improving Your Online Course 2 (2 week short course)
OnlineApril 12 - April 25, 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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What’s new in D2L Brightspace: April 2021
OnlineThis webinar will focus on new features and changes in the April release (version 20.21.04) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, April 15. 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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Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Fellows for Metrics and Evaluation Recommendations (Webinar)
OnlineIn January 2020, Chancellor Malhotra appointed four Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Fellows from among Minnesota State faculty across the state to generate an essential knowledge base to lay the philosophical and... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles – Summer 2021 Applications Due
OnlineWhat are OER Learning Circles? Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around open educational resources (OER) and/or creating OER ancillary... Continue Reading →
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Minnesota State REFLECT 2021 Applications Due (Learning Community)
OnlineMinnesota State REFLECT Applications Due April 16, 2021 Minnesota State is seeking members for a two-year cohort within the Minnesota State REFLECT project. The project brings together faculty from across disciplines, institutions, and experience to participate in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) faculty learning community. Minnesota State REFLECT scholars will be supported as... Continue Reading →
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Overview of New Evaluation Experience in D2L Brightspace
OnlineD2L is developing an updated interface for evaluations in Brightspace. The first place where the interface is being rebuilt is in the Assignments tool. Come take a look! Note: The new experience will be developed for other tools in the future (Discussions, Quizzes). RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a... Continue Reading →
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Conversations with Colleagues: April
OnlineDescription Supporting Multilingual Learners in Our Disciplines Multilingual learners (MLs), sometimes called English language learners, comprise a significant part of our Minnesota State student population. It is challenging to track... Continue Reading →
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Equity and Inclusion Coordinators Mid-April 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... Continue Reading →
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Overview of Accommodations and Special Access in D2L Brightspace
OnlineLearn the distinctions between setting Accommodations and setting Special Access for students in D2L Brightspace, and when it is appropriate to use each feature. Some of the options include allowing... Continue Reading →
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Overview of Old and New HTML Editors in D2L Brightspace
OnlineD2L's HTML editor is changing. Get the inside scoop on the new layout and new or expanded features. The HTML editor is available in some form in most of the... Continue Reading →
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Latinx students and the complicated history with Higher Ed (Webinar)
OnlineDescription In this webinar, participants will learn about the many conditions that have resulted in the miseducation of Latinx students. In additions, participants will learn about the multiple ways that... Continue Reading →
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