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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A Framework for Antiracist Praxis: March 2022
OnlineDescription Join Darlene St. Clair and Melissa Prescott, instructors of the Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy short course, for an introduction to antiracist pedagogy and the continuous cycle of antiracist praxis. 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... Continue Reading →
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Application of Antiracist Pedagogy: Building Community in the Classroom: March 2022
OnlineDescription Join Darlene St. Clair, Melissa Prescott, and the SCSU Online & Distance Learning team in a discussion of applying antiracist pedagogy through classroom community building. A specific focus will be challenges and opportunities within the online environment. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to... Continue Reading →
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My Heart Belongs to SoTL: Getting Started
OnlineThis is a webinar associated with the short course, Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry, which is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - known as SoTL. In this webinar we will explore the basics of SoTL research and how to transform your reflections on teaching into productive classroom research. We'll discuss some... Continue Reading →
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My Heart Belongs to SoTL: Reflective Practices
OnlineThis is a webinar associated with the short course, Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry, which is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - known as SoTL. In this webinar we will explore different kinds of research emphasizing qualitative feedback. We'll discuss the value of self-assessment and surveys, journaling alongside our learners, and... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Institutional Review Boards
OnlineThe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guides us as instructors to engage in continuous review, revision, and renewal of our teaching practices to support student learning. With SoTL, we ask questions like "What will happen after I implement this revision policy?"; "Does this assessment format work better than others?", and "How much more or... Continue Reading →
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SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry
OnlineThe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guides us as instructors to engage in continuous review, revision, and renewal of our teaching practices to support student learning. With SoTL, we ask questions like "What will happen after I implement this revision policy?"; "Does this assessment format work better than others?", and "How much more or... Continue Reading →
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Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
OnlineNED Webinar The short course, Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry (July 17-August 6), is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). During this post-webinar we discuss an... Continue Reading →
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Culturally-Based Learning Preferences and Your Teaching: Fall 2023
OnlineIn Patrick Parrish and Jennifer A. Linder-VanBerschot’s article “Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Addressing the Challenges of Multicultural Instruction” from the journal International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (2010), they describe a construct for understanding how our cultures influence the way we prefer to learn. Key to us as educators is how those... Continue Reading →
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Mid-Career Magic: How Culturally Responsive Teaching Can Keep Us Afloat: Fall 2023
OnlineIf you’ve spent a decade or two in the classroom, you’ve likely settled into a good groove. You know what you’re doing. You’ve seen a lot of stuff. You’ve made... Continue Reading →
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Antiracist Praxis: The Development of a Framework (Summer 2024)
In this webinar, members of the team who created the Introduction to Antiracism short course will discuss the development of an antiracist praxis framework. This framework is the result of... Continue Reading →
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Practical uses for the D2L Media Library (Summer 2024)
The Media Library tool offers a simplified method for creating and storing video and audio recordings directly in your D2L course. Media Library includes a Record Video feature, and an... Continue Reading →
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