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 and Technology: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)

    Online

    November 1 - November 21, 2021 Course Learning Objectives  Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Understand how we can design our online, hybrid, blended, and hyflex courses with equity in mind Intentionally create relationships with our students Better understand how to help the students navigate all of the... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Grade Smarter Not Harder: Spring 2022

    Online

    January 31 - February 20, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Improving Online Assessments) Description  Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save you time over the long term. In this short course, you’ll examine and apply principles... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • D2L: Improving Student-to-Content Interaction: Spring 2022

    Online

    February 7 - February 27, 2022 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Hacking Your Course Assessments: Spring 2022

    Online

    February 7 - February 27, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Assessment of Student Learning) Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended?  In this course, you’ll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something your students should know or be able to... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Equity 101: Spring 2022

    Online

    February 21 - April 3, 2022 Short Course Description This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate... Continue Reading →

    Free
  • Empathy by Design: Spring 2022

    Online

    March 21 - April 10, 2022 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 →

    Free

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