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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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  • NED: Accessibility

    Creating an Accessibility Strategy for Your Online Courses (Fall 2025)

    As faculty prepare their online courses for the upcoming semester, ensuring accessibility is not just a legal requirement—it’s a commitment to inclusive education. This one-hour session will guide instructors through the process of developing a practical and sustainable accessibility strategy tailored to their course design. Participants will explore key principles, tools, and workflows that support... Continue Reading →

    Free

  • NED: Academic Technologies

    The Importance of Instructor Presence in the Online Classroom (Fall 2025)

    You can leverage the power of instructor presence to strengthen relationships with students and enhance communication and engagement in your online courses. The efforts that we make to connect with our students in our online courses can increase student success. In addition, instructor presence in online courses is also central to a set of federal... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED Themes

    How to be Happy: Building Community in your First Year

    Education Developers Connect is an opportunity for educational developers at various Minnesota State System institutions to come together and collaborate on building shared knowledge and resources on teaching and learning and providing support for faculty. In Spring 2025, educational developers across Minn State collaborated on creating educational development resources on different substantive areas for new... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Academic Technologies

    Say Hi to AI: Getting Started with Copilot (September 2025)

    Say Hi to AI: Getting Started with Copilot Join us for a short, 30-minute session to learn about Microsoft Copilot—an AI tool available to everyone at Minnesota State. You’ll get a quick overview of how Copilot can help you work smarter. We’ll show you how to sign in with your StarID, give tips for writing... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED Themes

    Teaching and Learning Competency: Two Weekend Hybrid (Weekend 1, Fall 2025)

    Dates Sept 13 - 14, 2025 In-Person: Note, you must attend both weekends in the same semester Location: Hilton Garden Inn Eagan, MN This two weekend hybrid course fulfills, in part, the Teaching and Learning Competency requirements. The requirements apply to Minnesota State college faculty completing the System Procedure 3.32.1, Part 8. Each hybrid intensive... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • NED: Academic Technologies

    Teaching with H5P Series (September 2025)

    Teaching with H5P Series Featuring: Emily Houghton (Sports Management, Minnesota State University, Mankato) What is H5P? H5P is a tool for creating interactive online learning content and activities. There are many interactive types: practice questions, drag and drop, image hotspot, timeline, virtual tour, branching scenario, and more.   The Teaching with H5P Series explores accessible and equitable... Continue Reading →

    Free

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