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.
Spring 2026  | Summer 2026  | NED Course Catalog |  NED Resource Site
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June 1 – June 21 Description QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those considering... Continue Reading →
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy - Section 1 June 1 – June 21 Description How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to address educational disparities and meet the goals of Equity 2030? One promising path is to ground our practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this course, we’ll have the opportunity to critically reflect on our equity... Continue Reading →
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June 8 – June 28 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 do) and the assessments that are aligned to help measure and evaluate student achievement... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Effective Instructional Strategies with Academic Technologies: Skills to Facilitate Your Course Efficiently using D2L Brightspace Tools June 15 – July 5 Description The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support student-to-content interaction in courses. Fixing courseware glitches, such as broken links, typos, and mistakes, as needed. Monitoring learning outcomes based on student interaction with content. Improving content... Continue Reading →
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June 15 – July 5 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 course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are no scheduled class... Continue Reading →
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Aligning Instructional Strategies with Kaltura MediaSpace June 29 – July 19 Description This spring, 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. Now is the time to reflect and identify the instructional objective first and consider the best tool for... Continue Reading →
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