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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Events
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January 26 - February 15, 2026 Short Course Description Co-curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. This 3-week course will provide participants with strategies and resources for implementing and strengthening co-curricular assessment in departments and functional areas with a unit-level focus. The course... Continue Reading →
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What’s this about? As a Minnesota State faculty or staff member, you get a free membership to the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP). This includes access to the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) prep course. You don’t need to take the CPACC exam to benefit from this course. It’s a great way... Continue Reading →
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In this session, we will explore an overall approach to accessibility remediation, the 3Rs: Remove Remediate Refresh We'll define the 3Rs and offer time for folks to start their own... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Suzanne Szucs (Art, Rochester Community & Technical College) The Teaching with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each... Continue Reading →
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AI Agents are now widely available through our Microsoft Copilot license. This session will provide an example of how AI agents can be created, and what they might mean for... Continue Reading →
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February 2 - 22, 2026 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 are... Continue Reading →
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February 2 - 22, 2026 Short Course 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... Continue Reading →
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Are you or your college struggling with figuring out what steps to take in order to address the legal and ethical issues found in becoming an accessibility-friendly college? Come and... Continue Reading →
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Co-Curricular assessment of student learning continues to be a hot topic in the higher education assessment and accreditation landscape. In this webinar, we'll discuss perspectives on defining what co-curricular assessment... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility+ is a tool embedded in Brightspace that helps identify and improve the accessibility of digital course content for all learners. It scans common course materials, such as documents, presentations,... Continue Reading →
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Note: This is a repeat of the Orientation to Accessibility+ (Spring 2026) 1 session Accessibility+ is a tool embedded in Brightspace that helps identify and improve the accessibility of digital... Continue Reading →
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Join us as we review an accessibility report for a PDF file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and failes and provides participants with guidance on... Continue Reading →
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With the New Content Experience in Content, instructors can expect a similar experience of the existing creation and editing of course materials, but with a few changes and new features.... Continue Reading →
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Join us as we review an accessibility report for a video file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on... Continue Reading →
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Say Hi to AI: Getting Started with Copilot Join us for a short, 30-minute session to learn about Microsoft Copilot—an AI tool available to everyone at Minnesota State. You’ll get... Continue Reading →
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Join us as we review an accessibility report for a document file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on... Continue Reading →
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This hands‑on session introduces faculty and staff to the captioning tools available in Kaltura Media Space. Participants will learn how automatic captions are generated, why they must be reviewed for... 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... Continue Reading →
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February 16 - March 8, 2026 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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February 16 - March 8, 2026 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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Note: This is a repeat of the Creating Accessible Video Files 1 (Spring 2026) session. Join us as we review an accessibility report for a video file. We’ll identify criteria... Continue Reading →
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Teaching with H5P Series Featuring: Catherine Haslag (Chemistry, Riverland Community College) 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. ... Continue Reading →
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This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the February 2026 release (version 20.26.02) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, February 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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Note: This is a repeat of the Creating Accessible Video Files 1 and 2 Join us as we review an accessibility report for a video file. We’ll identify criteria in... Continue Reading →
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Join us to review an accessibility report for a presentation file. In this session, we will look at criteria that commonly pass or fail in an accessibility report. You will... Continue Reading →
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Unlocking OER: Tips for Finding, Using, and Creating Dr. Nancyruth Leibold, EdD, RN, MSN, PHN, CNE, AHN-BC Minnesota State University, Mankato, School of Nursing Nancyruth shares her OER tips and work in. Topics include software, evidence-based active teaching/learning practices within OERs, OER networking, Creative Commons Licenses, OER conferences, and tips for finding OERs. About the... Continue Reading →
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With the New Content Experience in Content, instructors can expect a similar experience of the existing creation and editing of course materials, but with a few changes and new features. Learn more about what's no longer available, some commonly asked questions, and all the changes. Students can also expect new features and some changes to... Continue Reading →
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Note: This is repeat of the Creating Accessible Document Files 1 (Spring 2026) session. Join us as we review an accessibility report for a document file. We’ll identify criteria in... Continue Reading →
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Note: This is a repeat of the Creating Accessible PDF Files 1 Join us as we review an accessibility report for a PDF file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility... Continue Reading →
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Note: This is a repeat of the Orientation to Accessibility+Â 1 and 2 Accessibility+ is a tool embedded in Brightspace that helps identify and improve the accessibility of digital course... Continue Reading →
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Topic: Designing Accessibility from the Start In this discussion, we will focus on a proactive accessibility mindset in which we approach our materials and D2L courses with accessibility at the forefront. Practices such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), appropriate Word formatting, and accessible by design will be discussed. Breakouts will be collaborative with practice in implementing accessibility in... Continue Reading →
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Note: This is a repeat of Creating Accessible Presentation Files 1 Join us as we review an accessibility report for a presentation file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on how to make basic changes to their content that address these accessibility standards. Although... Continue Reading →
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Teaching/Working with AI: Show and Tell Series Featuring: Mark Gill (Visualization Engineer, St. Cloud State University) The Teaching/Working with AI: Show and Tell Series explores AI and equitable teaching. In each 30-minute session a featured colleague shares how they’re using AI in their teaching. You’ll see a real example in action and hear how it supports... Continue Reading →
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Note: This is a repeat of Creating Accessible Document Files 1 and 2 Join us as we review an accessibility report for a document file. We’ll identify criteria in an accessibility report that commonly passes and fails and provides participants with guidance on how to make basic changes to their content that address these accessibility... Continue Reading →
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Note: This is a repeat of Creating Accessible PDF Files 1 and 2 Join us as we review an accessibility report for a PDF file. We’ll identify criteria in an... Continue Reading →
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