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OE Week: An Ever-changing Process – Developing High Quality Open Educational Resources
OE Week: An Ever-changing Process – Developing High Quality Open Educational Resources
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 alone. But discussion boards can provide crucial connections, especially learner to learner and instructor to learner. In this webinar you will explore the concept of... Continue Reading →
Teaching with AI Community of Practice: February 2024
Teaching with AI Community of Practice: February 2024
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 →
Conversations with Colleagues: February
Conversations with Colleagues: February
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 →
OE Week: MyOpenMath Textbook Companion
OE Week: MyOpenMath Textbook Companion
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 course materials seamlessly. Explore shareable and trackable courses, with randomization options for limitless question variations. With logic-based design, multiple question formats, LMS compatibility, and easy... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: Lowering the activation energy with OpenStax D2L Course Shells
OE Week: Lowering the activation energy with OpenStax D2L Course Shells
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 existing OpenStax courses after seeing a gap in availability. These courses are recommended as easy steps into OER adoption and include instructor materials such as... Continue Reading →
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Deep Work in a Burnout Society: Session Three
Deep Work in a Burnout Society: Session Three
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 →
OE Week: Making English Classes Affordable using Open and Library Resources
OE Week: Making English Classes Affordable using Open and Library Resources
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 →
Navigating Classroom Dynamics: Mindful Teaching Amid Conflict (Session One)
Navigating Classroom Dynamics: Mindful Teaching Amid Conflict (Session One)
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 students bring their entire selves to class, encompassing bodies, emotions, and neuro-systems, often carrying traumas resulting from microaggressions, racism, religious differences, and various conflicts. Instructors... Continue Reading →
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OE Week: The Z-Degree Initiative
OE Week: The Z-Degree Initiative
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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Strengths-Based Advising: Spring 2024
Strengths-Based Advising: Spring 2024
A subtle but pernicious challenge to students from marginalized populations navigating higher education is the presence of deficit thinking in implicit and explicit forms. Advising, as a primary and ongoing... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Post Webinar: Reflective Practices: Spring 2024
SoTL Post Webinar: Reflective Practices: Spring 2024
This is a Post-Webinar associated with the NED Shortcourse: Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (Feb 12-March 3rd). During the webinar we will discuss an overview of Reflective practices that may... Continue Reading →
Navigating Classroom Dynamics: Comfort in Discomfort – Embracing Student and Instructor Experiences in the Classroom (Session Two)
Navigating Classroom Dynamics: Comfort in Discomfort – Embracing Student and Instructor Experiences in the Classroom (Session Two)
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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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy: Spring 2024
March 18 - April 7, 2024 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 applying antiracist pedagogy to... Continue Reading →
OEN Webinar
OEN Webinar
Open Education Network (OEN) Webinars introduce Minnesota State faculty and staff to open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of... Continue Reading →
What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2024 (20.24.03)
What’s New in D2L Brightspace: March 2024 (20.24.03)
This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2024 release (version 20.24.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 21. RSVP Required Use... Continue Reading →
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The Beauty of Intersectionality and Disability: Voices for Justice (Option 1)
The Beauty of Intersectionality and Disability: Voices for Justice (Option 1)
Are you ready to meet us? We are here! Explore the beauty of intersectionality. In this panel, students from across the system will share their experiences with disability and race.... Continue Reading →
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Multi-Modal Teaching and Learning Panel: Spring 2024
Multi-Modal Teaching and Learning Panel: Spring 2024
In this panel, students and faculty from across the system will share their experiences with multi-modal teaching and learning. Panelists will have the option to answer questions on benefits and challenges,... Continue Reading →
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Disability Justice II: Spring 2024
March 25 - April 14, 2024 Short Course Disability Justice II: Intersectional identities, action, and justice Description In this course, we focus on an intersectional framework centering disabled Black, brown, indigenous, and people of color and builds on foundational disability justice topics in the context of higher education to move equity awareness into equity action.... Continue Reading →
Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction: Spring 2024
March 25 - April 14, 2024 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the instructor-to-student interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the... Continue Reading →
OER FAQ: March
OER FAQ: March
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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Teaching with AI Community of Practice: March 2024
Teaching with AI Community of Practice: March 2024
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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Navigating Classroom Dynamics: From Theory to Practice – Implementing Trauma-Informed Lessons in the Classroom (Session Three)
Navigating Classroom Dynamics: From Theory to Practice – Implementing Trauma-Informed Lessons in the Classroom (Session Three)
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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OER Project Showcase: 1
OER Project Showcase: 1
Register for all OER Project Showcase Events Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system... Continue Reading →
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