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.
Summer 2026  | NED Course Catalog |  NED Resource Site
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Introduction to Disability Justice March 27 - April 16, 2023 Short Course Description In this 3-week introduction to disability justice course, you will learn about disability justice, practice using inclusive language, and apply strategies to interrupt ableism. You can expect to create documents and/or find ways to apply your learning right away, including options like:... 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! Submit... Continue Reading →
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Learn how to be intentional in choosing classroom technologies based on a humanizing perspective. We will explore how technologies can be used to humanize a course and which technologies can do it better than others. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be... Continue Reading →
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Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series is to continue honoring and showcasing the experience and expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year through the opportunity... Continue Reading →
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2023-2025 Cohort The Minnesota State REFLECT program brings together faculty from across disciplines, institutions, and experience to participate in a 2-year Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) faculty learning community. Minnesota State REFLECT scholars will be supported as they develop, implement, and present research results at a conference or in a journal. SoTL studies will... Continue Reading →
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Structured planning and design of assessments coupled with effective question writing strategies can help improve the reliability and validity of assessments. This webinar we will introduce strategies for assessment planning and design. The focus will be on assessment and format specifications; sharing assessment descriptions with students; Â writing effective multiple choice, true/false, essay and completion questions;... Continue Reading →
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Register for all: March 31Â Â |Â Â April 6Â Â |Â Â April 11Â Â |Â Â April 24Â Â |Â Â April 27 Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles... Continue Reading →
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Third in a Three-Part Series Connecting the Classroom to Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways April 4, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Virtual Register for the other events in the series: February 15, 2023 |Â March 3, 2023 In this third installment, participants will explore how applying an Equity by Design methodology to... Continue Reading →
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Register for all: March 31Â Â |Â Â April 6Â Â |Â Â April 11Â Â |Â Â April 24Â Â |Â Â April 27 Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles... Continue Reading →
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Share the Flyer Topic Finish off this academic year of OER Community Conversations with a panel of OER Learning Circle faculty that have intentionally focused on equity and accessibility as they worked on their OER Learning Circle projects and have them share examples of that focus using OER and again highlight how the OER Learning... Continue Reading →
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Register for all: March 31Â Â |Â Â April 6Â Â |Â Â April 11Â Â |Â Â April 24Â Â |Â Â April 27 Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles... Continue Reading →
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Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series is to continue honoring and showcasing the experience and expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year through the opportunity... Continue Reading →
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Discuss with librarian colleagues how to ensure that open educational resources are accessible. We will start with a brief presentation on finding accessible resources and determining accessibility, then we will share concerns and best practices. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be... Continue Reading →
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Minnesota State is filled with incredible faculty who are doing amazing work focused on their teaching craft. The purpose of the Network for Educational Development (NED) Excellence in Teaching Series is to continue honoring and showcasing the experience and expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year through the opportunity... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles Summer 2023 May 8 - June 18* *Summer OER Learning Circle cohorts are accelerated, taking place over 5 weeks instead of 10. 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... Continue Reading →
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The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a step-by-step process designed to facilitate the asking of many questions, taking students through the process of thinking deeply about their questions, refining them and prioritizing their use. As students go through the QFT process, they practice three important thinking abilities: divergent thinking, convergent thinking and metacognition. This webinar will... Continue Reading →
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This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the April 2023 release (version 20.23.04) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, April 20. 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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Topic: Regular and Substantive Interaction in Distance Education The U.S. Education Department has set guidelines for distanced learning and has recently offered new guidance for what kinds of instructor-student interactions will count as regular and substantive (RSI). In our time together, we will discuss how our campuses are handling the guidelines and guidance, address questions,... Continue Reading →
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Register for all: March 31Â Â |Â Â April 6Â Â |Â Â April 11Â Â |Â Â April 24Â Â |Â Â April 27 Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles... Continue Reading →
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Register for all: March 31Â Â |Â Â April 6Â Â |Â Â April 11Â Â |Â Â April 24Â Â |Â Â April 27 Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles... Continue Reading →
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