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. After the OEN Webinar, attendance will be taken. Attendees will receive a link to review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library... Continue Reading →

Brightspace is getting a refresh of its Content experience. D2L suggests they have focused on a clean visual presentation of content for educators and learners. D2L has developed an experience that allows to bring in content from anywhere, offering a clean, minimalist design, with just the right options available at all times. Its strong focus... Continue Reading →

Brightspace is getting a refresh of its Content experience. D2L suggests they have focused on a clean visual presentation of content for educators and learners. D2L has developed an experience that allows to bring in content from anywhere, offering a clean, minimalist design, with just the right options available at all times. Its strong focus... Continue Reading →

Universal Design for Learning can be very overwhelming when looking at the big picture. Our goal is to give faculty some ideas on items that can be easily integrated into their online courses. As you start looking at these small changes you can start to see other changes that will fit your students' needs more... Continue Reading →

Nominations for the 2024 Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence are due November 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm.  At this information session, learn about the nomination guidelines for the 2024 Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence, review the rubric, and ask questions regarding nomination content or submission process. Nominees, local campus nominating committee members, and staff... Continue Reading →

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 →

ChatGPT and other artificial Intelligence (AI) already are having an impact on teaching and learning. Maybe you have already experimented with their capabilities or are ignoring it with hopes that it will be short term and fade away (it won’t!). Regardless of your familiarity or discomfort, instructors need to consider how to address AI in... Continue Reading →

Structured planning and design of assessments coupled with effective question writing strategies can help improve the reliability and validity of assessments. This webinar we will introduce strategies for assessment planning and design. The focus will be on assessment and format specifications; sharing assessment descriptions with students;  writing effective multiple choice, true/false, essay and completion questions;... Continue Reading →