Monday, September 30, 2019

• September 30, 2019 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

  OER Librarian’s Workshop Day

September 30, 2019 @ 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
OER Librarian’s Workshop Day
RSVP Below by September 23rd Academic librarians are critical partners in efforts to provide open educational resources (OER) for students and faculty. Educational Innovations is happy to announce an opportunity for librarians and library staff from across Minnesota State to come together for a day to network with colleagues, learn more about OER efforts across... Continue Reading →
Free
• September 30, 2019 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

  Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents

September 30, 2019 @ 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Communicating with Students via Intelligent Agents
Description What in the world is an Intelligent Agent?  The Intelligent Agents tool in D2L Brightspace sends automated emails to students when they need a reminder to complete a specific task in your course or perhaps deserve a message of support for completing a task.  The Intelligent Agent tool can promotes learners to be accountable... Continue Reading →
Free

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

No events on this day.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

• October 2, 2019 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

  Encouraging Student-Teacher Communication Using Individual Discussions in D2L Brightspace

October 2, 2019 @ 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Encouraging Student-Teacher Communication Using Individual Discussions in D2L Brightspace
Description With a few changes in your discussion settings, you can create private discussions in your D2L Brightspace course.  In this private discussion space you can communicate with individual students one-on-one.  This allows you to keep track of student-to-instructor communication without messages getting lost in your email. Faculty members have also found this strategy is... Continue Reading →
Free
• October 2, 2019 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

  Building Instructor Presence in Online and Blended Courses

October 2, 2019 @ 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Building Instructor Presence in Online and Blended Courses
Creating a sense of community and instructor presence is important in all courses. In an online or blended course, it can come with some challenges. This session will provide strategies for using D2L tools such as Announcements, Content, Email/Classlist, Intelligent Agents, Personalized Notifications, and Discussion Boards to build your instructor presence. Examples will be showcased.... Continue Reading →
Free

Thursday, October 3, 2019

No events on this day.

Friday, October 4, 2019

• October 4, 2019 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  Out from the Shadows Workshop Series: Homelessness

October 4, 2019 @ 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Out from the Shadows Workshop Series: Homelessness
Background Minnesota State Office of Equity and Inclusion, Minnesota State Educational Innovations, and Minneapolis College present Out from the Shadows Workshop Series. Out from the Shadows of Minneapolis: Power, Pride, and Perseverance at a Northern Community College is an open anthology of stories and memoirs written by students, staff, and faculty from Minneapolis College. They... Continue Reading →
Free