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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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... 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... 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... 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... Continue Reading →
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Manage Course Dates to Improve Student Engagement: Summer 2023
OnlineJuly 10 - July 30, 2023 Short Course Description By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including the Import/Export/Copy Components, Manage... Continue Reading →
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The Professionalism Pact
OnlineNED Webinar As we have emerged from the most acute phase of the pandemic, we are seeing an even greater need to help students shore up their professional skills: meeting... Continue Reading →
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