NED Events Calendar

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 (Summer 2024)

    July 8 - August 4, 2024 Short Course Description This 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 values... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Disability Justice II (Summer 2024)

    July 15 - August 8, 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, indigenous, and people of color and builds on foundational disability justice topics in the context of higher education to move equity awareness into equity action.... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • What’s New in D2L Brightspace: July 2024

    This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the July 2024 release (version 20.24.07) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, July 18. 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 →

    Free
  • Equity and Technology (Summer 2024)

    July 22 - August 11, 2024 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 →

    Free
  • What’s New in D2L Brightspace: August 2024

    Online

    This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the August 2024 release (version 20.24.08) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, August 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 →

    Free
  • UDL in Assessment (Summer 2024)

    Online

    This webinar will go into Universal Design for Learning and its application in assessment. We will look at ways that use UDL to make our assessments more equitable to all... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • OER Learning Circles (Fall 2024)

    Fall 2024 OER Learning Circles September 16 – December 1, 2024 ​​​​​​​ Apply by August 16 Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to saving students on the cost of textbooks and course resources. There are 5 Project Types: Redesign a course around OER. Create ancillary materials to complement... Continue Reading →

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