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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May 27 - June 15, 2025 Short Course Description This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there... Continue Reading →
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May 27 - June 15, 2025 Short Course Description Pressbooks is an online platform designed to encourage self-publication under a Creative Commons license. It is easy to use and provides a variety of options for including media such as images and videos. This short course will introduce you to the platform, walk you through creating... Continue Reading →
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June 2 – August 3, 2025 (Break 6/30 – 7/6) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic principles of backwards design... Continue Reading →
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June 3 – August 4, 2024 (Break 7/1 – 7/7) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic principles of backwards design... Continue Reading →
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Are you wondering how to get started on making documents accessible? This webinar will introduce the features in Microsoft Word that can help you make your documents usable by everyone. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so... Continue Reading →
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June 5, 2025 4-Part Virtual Series 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 AI tools, and applies equitable teaching practices. At the end of the... Continue Reading →
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June 9 - June 29, 2025 Short Course Description This short course provides faculty and staff an opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course introduces participants to basic techniques and available in Microsoft Word. Additionally, participants will get an opportunity to update web pages posted to... Continue Reading →
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In this webinar, we will introduce the new course provider for the MSCF Teaching & Learning Competency, the Network for Educational Development (NED). This session is designed for Deans, Human Resources professionals, and Administrators. During the webinar, you will: Learn about the new course provider for the Teaching & Learning Competency. Discover the courses offered... Continue Reading →
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June 12, 2025 4-Part Virtual Series 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 AI tools, and applies equitable teaching practices. At the end of the... Continue Reading →
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As faculty, our role extends beyond delivering course content—we are also essential in helping students consolidate knowledge into long-term memory. However, without effective feedback, students' metacognitive awareness may remain inaccurate, leading to overconfidence and a disconnect between perceived and actual learning (Agarwal & Bain, 2019). This webinar will introduce two evidence-based forms of feedback—elaborative feedback... Continue Reading →
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This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the June 2025 release (version 20.25.06) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, June 19. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully... Continue Reading →
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Empathy is about course design and beyond; it is within every communication we have with learners (verbal and nonverbal)! In this webinar, we’ll explore consistent and compassionate communication strategies for online courses. From before the course begins to giving feedback, navigating challenges, or supporting student needs; let's discuss strategies to build bridges and support connections!... Continue Reading →
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June 18, 2025 4-Part Virtual Series 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 AI tools, and applies equitable teaching practices. At the end of the... Continue Reading →
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We know that we assess because we want to see what students are learning. Feedback on those assessments plays a critical role in learning. It can be an opportunity to reinforce ideas in the course content and assure students know they can meet expectations. Indicating whether something is correct or incorrect is only a start:... Continue Reading →
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This webinar provides an opportunity to discuss antiracist practices for search committee service. Part of academic equity work is to ensure that students can see themselves reflected in the faculty and staff within their college or university. As our student population becomes increasingly diverse, intentional efforts to increase the diversity of campus faculty and staff... Continue Reading →
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Building community in the classroom is an essential starting point for applying antiracist pedagogy. Join instructors of the Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy short course in a discussion of community building, with added attention to challenges and opportunities in the online environment. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd... Continue Reading →
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As faculty, we play a critical role not only in delivering course content but also in supporting students in transferring that knowledge into long-term memory. This webinar will explore a three-stage model of learning—encoding, storage, and retrieval—based on the work of Agarwal and Bain (2019). Special emphasis will be placed on the retrieval stage, where... Continue Reading →
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June 26, 2025 4-Part Virtual Series 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 AI tools, and applies equitable teaching practices. At the end of the... Continue Reading →
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Have you heard about Microsoft Word’s Accessibility Checker? This webinar will include a demonstration of the tool and provide practical tips for its use. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully participate! Machine generated captions... Continue Reading →
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