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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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 for creating accessible Content pages, it is important for content creators to understand how to build upon that starting point and ensure their pages are... 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 encourage authentic writing when all of my students are using ChatGPT?” Join us this summer for a series of conversations about the impact of generative... 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. Attend this webinar to get a first exposure to tools you may need to use in your word processing, setting you on the path to... 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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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 Dates, and Brightspace Pulse) to effectively improve course facilitation for student motivation. You will be provided with efficient ways to offset dates from previously offered... 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 deadlines communicating effectively showing respect taking personal responsibility working in teams Now, we have AI like ChatGPT to consider, and the question is: how do... Continue Reading →
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Creating Video Quizzes
OnlineNED Webinar Video Quizzes can provide engaging learning opportunities and assessments all-in-one, with multiple choice, true/false, or written response questions built directly into your MediaSpace videos. This webinar will help you strategize when & why to use video quizzes, how to build the questions and attach them to the D2L gradebook, and how to view... Continue Reading →
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Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
OnlineNED Webinar The short course, Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (July 17-August 6), is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). During this post-webinar we discuss an overview of Reflective practices that may be used in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects. A background overview of SoTL is presented, reviewing basic steps... Continue Reading →
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