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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Week of Events
Designing Your Course for Student Learning (Start 3 Weeks)
Designing Your Course for Student Learning (Start 3 Weeks)
Description This course provides participants an opportunity to review the design of their course so that the assignments they have planned in a course are aligned with the learning objectives students are supposed to master. Here is what participants will do in this course. Apply Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to course module objectives Select assessment tools,... Continue Reading →
Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction using D2L Brightspace Tools (3 week start date)
Description The Quality Improvement Process site provides examples of ways to to support instructor-to-student interaction in courses. Maintaining instructor presence through regular communications (announcements, updates) and specific student-instructor interactions. Engaging in heightened monitoring of student progress throughout the first few weeks and actively communicating with students when they get behind or are having difficulty with... Continue Reading →
Monday, October 7, 2019
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
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Friday, October 11, 2019
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