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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Foundations of Teaching Online: Deans 2023
OnlineJune 5 – August 6, 2023 (Break 7/3 – 7/9) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic principles of backwards design... Continue Reading →
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Foundations of Teaching Online: Faculty 2023
OnlineJune 5 – August 6, 2023 (Break 7/3 – 7/9) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic principles of backwards design... Continue Reading →
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Integrating Retrieval Practice: Summer 2023
OnlineJune 5 - June 25, 2023 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to retrieval practice teaching methods. Retrieval practice focuses on improving long-term learning. We help students retrieve through deliberate recall of skills and knowledge, spaced out over time, and reviewed along with other concepts. More than 100 years of educational research in... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Summer 2023
OnlineJune 5 - June 25, 2023 Short Course 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 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP). In this introductory course, we’ll have... Continue Reading →
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Video Feedback for Humanizing Student Assessments
OnlineNED Webinar Video Feedback can be a powerful method for connecting with students in the online environment. Creating personalized, specific feedback in strategic places in D2L can help students feel welcomed and engaged in their learning goals. In this webinar, we will explore the various places in D2L where video feedback can be placed, how... Continue Reading →
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Technology Tools for Teaching: Summer 2023
OnlineJune 12 – July 2, 2023 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. You may have used Zoom as the quickest way to record a lecture or try to replicate a synchronous discussion. Now is the time to... Continue Reading →
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What’s New in D2L Brightspace: June 2023
OnlineNED Webinar This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the June 2023 release (version 20.23.06) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, June 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... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Content Pages Using HTML Templates in D2L Brightspace
OnlineNED Webinar This webinar will demonstrate how to check (and fix!) the accessibility of your HTML Content pages in D2L Brightspace. While the pre-formatted HTML templates provide a starting point... Continue Reading →
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Generative AI Workshop Series: Online Discussions
OnlineGenerative AI Workshop Series Does the rapid emergence of generative AI applications like ChatGPT have you rethinking your course assignments? Have you moved from, “What’s ChatGPT?” to “How do I... Continue Reading →
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The Basic Tools For Creating Accessible Documents
OnlineNED Webinar Working in word processing is something all educators do, but making your work accessible for people using a screen reader is a new set of skills for many. ... Continue Reading →
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Empathy by Design: Summer 2023
OnlineJuly 10 - July 30, 2023 Short Course (This short course was previously titled Humanizing Your Online Course) 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... Continue Reading →
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Equity 101: Summer 2023
OnlineJuly 10 - July 31, 2023 Short Course Description This three-week short 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... Continue Reading →
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