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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2 events,March 28 - April 17, 2022 Short Course Description Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards... Continue Reading →
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Description In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. Submit a question beforehand View all OER Events. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
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Description People often talk about disability in outdated ways because they have never had to question it. Such ableist language, however, is rooted in the ongoing trauma experienced by many people with disabilities. In fact, our outdated language grew out of what are called the “pity” and “medical” disability models or frames. This workshop aims... Continue Reading →
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This webinar will introduce antiracist pedagogy and the continuous cycle of antiracist praxis. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will... Continue Reading →
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Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around... Continue Reading →
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1 event,April 4 - April 24, 2022 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for turning reflection into SoTL inquiry. Module 1 provides an overview of SoTL, including its history and process. Module 2 integrates participants’ reflection on teaching and... Continue Reading →
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Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around... Continue Reading →
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Topic: Using H5P tools and Pressbooks to create active OER learning activities and resources This year Lori Beth Larsen from Central Lakes College had the opportunity to add interactive activities using H5P into the Pressbooks versions of OER in her Introduction to Humanities course. Learn how she found tools that were conducive to her philosophy... Continue Reading →
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View Agenda The Shark Tank Open is Minnesota State Educational Innovation’s premier innovation event, drawing educators from across 37 colleges and universities for one grand afternoon of reimagining education! This... Continue Reading →
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Faculty Development Program Evaluation How do you know if your faculty development programming is having the reach and impact you intend on your campus? This past year, the NED has... Continue Reading →
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3 events,Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy April 11 - May 1, 2022 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual and community process, and why it is important Learn strategies for sustained critical self-reflection as a foundation for antiracism work Begin... Continue Reading →
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Description There’s been a lot of talk among faculty across the system regarding alternative grading systems, such as contract grading and ungrading. Many have implemented some changes, and many have... Continue Reading →
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Description How can we leverage D2L to integrate empathy, compassion and humanizing practices in our online courses? During this webinar, we’ll take a look at various D2L tools that can help promote a humanizing and equitable environment for online teaching and learning. We'll also share ideas and discuss how to balance flexible, empathic teaching with... Continue Reading →
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Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around OER and/or creating OER ancillary materials to help eliminate course material costs for students. OER are teaching, learning and research resources that make use of appropriate tools,... Continue Reading →
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2 events,OER Learning Circles Summer 2022 May 16 - June 19, 2022 Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research resources that make use of appropriate tools, such as open licensing, to permit their free reuse, continuous improvement, and re-purposing by others for educational purposes (UNESCO). OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming... Continue Reading → Background At the end of the 2020-2021 academic year, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs approved the ASA Technology Council recommendation to fund a four-year research project that seeks to explore the impact an interactive content authoring tool (H5P) has on student learning and instructional practices. Invitation Any faculty or staff members who... Continue Reading → |
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Description This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the April 2022 release (version 20.22.04) that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, April 21. 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 event to... Continue Reading →
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Description Conversations with Colleagues is a monthly platform for colleagues across Minnesota State to gather remotely to share ideas and bring questions (along with your lunch). These monthly gatherings will... Continue Reading →
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The University of Minnesota and Minnesota State share a contract with Kaltura for media management services. To comply with each systems procurement procedures, a joint request for proposal (RFP) was... Continue Reading →
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Description This is a statewide opportunity to read, discuss, interact, share, and learn with a book on a topic relevant to our work and create action plans to create more equitable learning opportunities for students on our campuses and to eliminate the equity gap by 2030. The first 150 to register will receive a free... Continue Reading →
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The University of Minnesota and Minnesota State share a contract with Kaltura for media management services. To comply with each systems procurement procedures, a joint request for proposal (RFP) was... Continue Reading →
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3 events,Minnesota State REFLECT Applications Due April 25, 2022. Minnesota State is seeking members for a two-year cohort within the Minnesota State REFLECT project. The project brings together faculty from across disciplines, institutions, and experience to participate in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) faculty learning community. Minnesota State REFLECT scholars will be supported as... Continue Reading →
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Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around OER and/or creating OER ancillary materials to help eliminate course material costs for students. OER are teaching, learning and research resources that make use of appropriate tools,... Continue Reading →
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Description Ensuring your virtual meetings are as accessible as possible requires planning, flexibility, and creativity. Learn simple yet high-impact ways to optimize your virtual meetings to increase accessibility and improve audience engagement. The tips offered in this webinar apply to all types of remote meetings—from seminars, conferences, lectures, and classes, to office hours and one-on-one... Continue Reading →
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Description This workshop aims to teach the audience about the richness and variety in the lived disability experiences and perspectives of people with disabilities (and of their families). We will share their advice on how to be better allies and how to advocate for yourself as well through self-advocacy tools. We will also show what... Continue Reading →
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