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.
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February Topic Our main focus is rightly on our students. But the people doing the work of teaching matter, and there is an important overlap between what’s best for our students and what’s best for faculty. Join us for a conversation about supporting new(ish) faculty, where we will share examples of multi-faceted initiatives at Minneapolis... Continue Reading →
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An open invitation for self-identified Educational Developers on campuses. Educational Developers are individuals on campus who identify, coordinate, lead, and/or facilitate educational development opportunities on campus that support teaching and learning. At these Educational Developer meetings, engage in the community by networking with peers, resource sharing, engaging in meaningful conversations, and learning how NED resources... Continue Reading →
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February 27, 2025 4-Part Virtual Series Workshop registration is full, join the waiting list to be notified of open spots. This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying AI in your teaching context. Participants will collectively explore generative AI tools and (re-)design a learning activity or assessment that supports AI literacy, incorporates or... Continue Reading →
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This session will provide faculty, staff, and administrators with the tools and knowledge to effectively evaluate and award academic credit for military courses and occupations, utilizing the American Council on Education (ACE) credit recommendations. Participants will explore ACE’s historical role in recognizing military learning and examine how its recommendations have evolved to address the changing... Continue Reading →
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Accessible Digital Media (Spring 2025)
March 3 - March 23, 2025 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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Open Education Week OER at Minnesota State Minnesota State has fostered the development and use of open educational resources since the early 2010s. This presentation will provide an overview of the work that has been supported, including OER Learning Circles, faculty development workshops, Z-degrees, library resources, grant initiatives, as well as the plans for future... Continue Reading →
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Military connected students bring diverse backgrounds and unique strengths to our campuses. This workshop offers an overview of military culture and our military connected student population. Share and learn practical strategies to support military connected students in the classroom and beyond! Together we can continue to strengthen efforts to cultivate supportive environments that recognize and... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Week 5 Practitioners in 50 minutes We all know of the impact OER has in the classroom, but there is important work going on outside of it as well. This session will have five different individuals within the Minnesota State system who are working with OER in different ways. Hosts Jodi Ondich from... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Week 5 Z-Degree Campuses in 50 minutes Ten Minnesota State colleges currently offer Z-degrees, with 15 more colleges and universities on the way. Hear stories from five Z-degree campuses. Hosts Century College Transforming Higher Education with Open Educational Resources In this session, Caroline Toscano and Michelle Schoenecker will discuss faculty, student, staff, and... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Week Beyond the PDF: 5 Tools for Contemporary OER Are you overwhelmed by number of technologies and tools available for creating and enhancing OER? This session introduces several tools, focusing on tool types that meet your pedagogical need rather than getting lost in the tech details. Hosts Randi Madisen, Librarian, Century College Etta... Continue Reading →
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Open Education Week 5 Disciplines in 50 Minutes Learn about how five faculty are using OER within their discipline. Hosts Anthony Collins - English, Inver Hills Community College Nancyruth Leibold - Nursing, Minnesota State University, Mankato Aaron Deris - College of Education - Department of Special Education, Minnesota State University, Mankato Kristen Genet - Biology,... Continue Reading →
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Many of us in the field of assessment are familiar with using Bloom's Taxonomy that focuses on cognitive and intellectual learning. Fink's Taxonomy, which focuses on how learning can inspire holistic change across multiple dimensions of one's life, can be particularly useful in co-curricular assessment. This webinar will explore the intersections of both taxonomies with... Continue Reading →
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Focused on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research, this webinar offers practical, insider guidance from a current IRB chair. We’ll break down the IRB application step by step, providing tips to streamline the process, avoid common pitfalls, and understand the purpose behind each required component. You’ll also learn how to design an informed consent... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy (Spring 2025)
March 17 - April 6, 2025 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 →
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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 Minnesota. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200 stipend once the review... Continue Reading →
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This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the March 2025 release (version 20.25.03) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, March 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 your calendar.... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with H5P Series What is H5P? H5P is a tool for creating interactive online learning content and activities. There are many interactive types: practice questions, drag and drop, image hotspot, timeline, virtual tour, branching scenario, and more. The Teaching with H5P Series explores equitable teaching methods and H5P. What to expect? Each session will feature... Continue Reading →
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Pressbooks is an open-source book publishing tool that allows you to publish content to the web and in a variety of export formats from a single source. Pressbooks is used widely in OER programs for remixing, creating, and adopting open content, but it can also be used to make other materials like syllabi, dissertations or... Continue Reading → |
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We know many of our students come to us stressed and often struggle to focus and retain information. By using some proven strategies based on brain science, we can implement practices that help our students get beyond automatic fight-or-flight responses and participate more fully in deep learning. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. In... 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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Equity and Technology (Spring 2025)
March 24 - April 13, 2025 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an equity framework. Explore ways to design courses that address access, accessibility, as well as equitable learning outcomes. In this... Continue Reading →
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A Formula for Teaching Math Corequisites (Spring 2025)
Short Course March 24 – April 13, 2025 Registration Closes December 10 NED + Math Pathways The NED has partnered with Math Pathways staff to offer educational development opportunities tailored to support Minnesota State mathematics and statistics faculty. View the flyer. Description This short course is designed for educators seeking to enhance their teaching strategies... 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 talk with them after class, we can make classroom announcements. All of this is possible in the online classroom as well, but to do this... Continue Reading →
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Minnesota State REFLECT 2025 Applications Due
Faculty Learning Community 2025-2027 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 are supported as they develop, implement, and present research results at a conference. Participants will meet for a... Continue Reading →
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Examining Military Service From the Margins Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” virtual discussion series. Facilitated by pairs of Discussion Leaders, each session will use guiding questions, and a set of core-shared resources like oral histories and films, to better understand how race,... 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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Date March 28, 2025 (Registration is now closed) In-Person Workshop Location: Minnesota State System Office (St. Paul, MN) This hands-on introductory workshop provides time and space for applying AI in your teaching context. Participants will collectively explore generative AI tools and (re-)design a learning activity or assessment that supports AI literacy, incorporates or resists generative... 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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Equity by Design Onboarding (Spring 2025)
March 31 - April 27, 2025 Short Course Description This four-week short course is designed to build foundational skills and knowledge for engaging in the Equity by Design methodology. Equity by Design is a Minnesota State strategic priority informed by the work of McNair, Bensimon and others, who have shown that one path toward closing... Continue Reading →
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Description In this conversation, join Samantha Ten Eyck from Saint Paul College as we explore both the opportunities and challenges that AI presents for the future of teaching, learning, and open educational resources. About the Presenter Samantha Ten Eyck Samantha Ten Eyck holds an MFA in Poetry and is an instructor in the Saint Paul... Continue Reading →
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OER Learning Circles: Summer 2025
Summer 2025 OER Learning Circles May 5 – June 15, 2025 Apply by April 4 Collaborate with other Minnesota State faculty from across the system who are committed to saving students on the cost of textbooks and course resources. There are 5 Project Types: Redesign a course around OER. Create ancillary materials to complement an... 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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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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