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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January 29 - February 18, 2024 Short Course Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally,... Continue Reading →
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January 29 - April 21, 2024 Faculty Learning Community Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this course, we’ll have the... Continue Reading →
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This webinar is for anyone ready for something other than A-F evaluation methods. If you'd like to explore alternative grading methods or maybe you've already done so, come learn about... 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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This is the pre-webinar associated with the NED short course: Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (February 12 through March 3rd). This webinar will present an overview of the Scholarship of... Continue Reading →
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February 5 - February 25, 2024 Short Course Description This asynchronous 3-week course is offered for the purpose of providing both academic and faculty advisors with the information and resources necessary to increase equity and inclusion in their work. Participants will engage in a series of activities including, but not limited to discussion, case study... Continue Reading →
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This webinar, scheduled on the last day of the Empathy by Design short course, will recap ideas, tips, recommendations, and favorite practices explored by participants of that short course. Join... Continue Reading →
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February 12 - March 3, 2024 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to retrieval practice teaching methods. Retrieval practice focuses on improving long-term learning. We help students retrieve through deliberate recall of skills and knowledge, spaced out over time, and reviewed along with other concepts. More than 100 years of educational research in... Continue Reading →
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February 12 - March 3, 2024 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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February 12 - March 3, 2024 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 values... Continue Reading →
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Learn how to use Manage Dates in D2L Brightspace for viewing, editing and bulk offsetting course dates to reflect the current semester. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. In... Continue Reading →
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This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the February 2024 release (version 20.24.02) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, February 15. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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In our face to face classes we have relatively simple ways to regularly communicate with our students - we can greet them by name as they enter class, we can... 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... Continue Reading →
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Take a moment to think back on your own educational experiences. When did the feedback you received from your instructor support your learning? What was it about that feedback that... Continue Reading →
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Facilitators Anthony Collins English instructor at Inver Hills Community College Anthony Collins was a latecomer to OER but has since become a true believer thanks to Karen Pikula! He will... 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... Continue Reading →
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An Ever-changing Process Developing High Quality Open Educational Resources Developing high quality Open Educational Resources is an ever-changing process that requires innovation, adaptability, vision, and collaboration. This session will provide... Continue Reading →
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RSI 3: Regular and Substantive Interaction: Discussion Strategies and Tools for the Online Classroom
RSI 3: Regular and Substantive Interaction: Discussion Strategies and Tools for the Online Classroom
“Why do we have to have so many discussions?” If you have ever struggled to explain or justify the need for discussions in your online asynchronous courses, you are not... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI Community of Practice Get connected, explore AI in Spring 2024 What is a Community of Practice? A community of practice is a group of people with a shared passion or interest. The group... Continue Reading →
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February 2024 Topic: Finding your partners for change within your institution The work of faculty and staff can feel either stacked with required meetings or isolated with solitary tasks. Some of... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: MyOpenMath Textbook Companion Gus Vettleson Northwest Technical College Math faculty Discover a versatile textbook companion that goes beyond math! This instructor-guided platform allows you to house and grade... Continue Reading →
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Lowering the activation energy with OpenStax D2L Course Shells As part of an institutional partnership with OpenStax, instructional designers at Minnesota State University, Mankato created D2L course shells for all... 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... Continue Reading →
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Making English Classes Affordable using Open and Library Resources Kelly Donahue Century College English faculty Randi Madisen Century College Library faculty Find out how Century College English and library faculty... Continue Reading →
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Navigating Classroom Dynamics: An Anti-Racist and Trauma-Informed Approach Join the three-part webinar series designed to revolutionize classroom discussions by introducing an anti-racist and trauma-informed approach to conflicts. We recognize that... Continue Reading →
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Towards providing a no-cost textbook pathway The Minnesota State Z-Degree Initiative This webinar will provide an overview of the Z-Degree initiative, feature presentations on the Z-degree programs at Century College... Continue Reading →
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