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
Improving Student-to-Content Interaction – Option 1 (3 week short course)
Improving Student-to-Content Interaction – Option 1 (3 week short course)
September 14 - October 4 Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the Content tool, tips... Continue Reading →
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Learning Community
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Learning Community
September 14 - December 6 Description Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this course, we’ll have the opportunity to examine how... Continue Reading →
Monday, September 14, 2020
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September 14, 2020 -What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 1 (Forum)
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September 14, 2020 -What’s New in 20.20.09? (Webinar)
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September 14, 2020 -Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 1 (Video Forum)
What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 1 (Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is in conflict, as most Americans demand change... Continue Reading →
What’s New in 20.20.09? (Webinar)
Description This webinar will focus on new features and changes in version 20.20.09, the release that you’ll see in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, September 17. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided to send you reminder emails as the event date gets closer, but we suggest you... Continue Reading →
Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 1 (Video Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description As Americans prepare to go to the polls on November 3,... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
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September 15, 2020 -Five Ways to Humanize Your Online Course (Webinar)
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September 15, 2020 -Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 1 (Forum)
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September 15, 2020 -Conversations with Colleagues – September
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September 15, 2020 -Drop-In Session – Academic Continuity
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September 15, 2020 -What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 2 (Forum)
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September 15, 2020 -Koffee with Karen: OER Community Conversations – September
Five Ways to Humanize Your Online Course (Webinar)
Description Participants will be guided through interactive demonstrations of five specific humanizing practices they could integrate in to their own online courses. Each demonstration will focus on a specific evidence-based course facilitation or design practice using tools available to all Minnesota State instructors. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email... Continue Reading →
Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 1 (Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and more polarized as... Continue Reading →
Conversations with Colleagues – September
Description The upcoming 2020 elections present an important opportunity for civic engagement, learning, and action. We invite all faculty to be a part of community efforts to mobilize, educate, and commit to full participation in the 2020 elections. Join us for this month’s Conversations with Colleagues as we provide an overview of upcoming events as... Continue Reading →
Drop-In Session – Academic Continuity
Staff from Minnesota State have scheduled drop-in sessions via Zoom to assist any faculty who may need assistance using the available educational technologies to which our community has access (Zoom, Kaltura MediaSpace, D2L Brightspace, Office 365). No RSVP needed. Just join us with your questions! Tuesdays 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm CDT - Ends September 29,... Continue Reading →
What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 2 (Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is in conflict, as most Americans demand change... Continue Reading →
Koffee with Karen: OER Community Conversations – September
Description Introduction and Demonstration of Hypothesis and Hypothesis/D2L integration Writing in the margins has always been an essential activity for students. Annotation enhances reading comprehension and helps students think critically about course materials. Hypothesis digital annotation also empowers students to collaborate on understanding and developing ideas about their readings. Dr. Dan Allosso, Assistant Professor of... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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September 16, 2020 -Annotations in Assignment Submissions (Webinar)
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September 16, 2020 -Open Education Network Webinar
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September 16, 2020 -What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 3 (Video Forum)
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September 16, 2020 -Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 2 (Forum)
Annotations in Assignment Submissions (Webinar)
Description Using the built-in Annotation tools, you can complete your evaluation and feedback work directly in Assignments in D2L Brightspace, without the need to use any external tools or applications. You can use built-in annotation tools to markup submissions using highlighting, free hand drawing, shapes, and associated commenting. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register.... Continue Reading →
Open Education Network Webinar
Cancelled OEN Webinars introduce open educational resources, creative commons licensing, and the work with the Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota. Faculty participating in this webinar may review an open textbook located in the Open Textbook Library (open.umn.edu) and receive a $200.00 honorarium once the review is completed. Questions? Contact Karen Pikula, karen.pikula@minnstate.edu
What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 3 (Video Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is in conflict, as most Americans demand change... Continue Reading →
Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 2 (Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and more polarized as... Continue Reading →
Thursday, September 17, 2020
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September 17, 2020 -Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 3 (Video Forum)
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September 17, 2020 -Zoom: Securing Your Digital Learning Environment – Option 1 (Webinar)
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September 17, 2020 -Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 2 (Forum)
Free Speech and the Inclusive Campus: How Do We Foster the Campus Community We Want? 3 (Video Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and more polarized as... Continue Reading →
Zoom: Securing Your Digital Learning Environment – Option 1 (Webinar)
Description This webinar will explore various meeting options to secure a Zoom session. We will explore secure distribution methods to restrict access to specific users and how to leverage in meeting controls to avoid unwanted distractions while facilitating Zoom sessions. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provided... Continue Reading →
Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 2 (Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description As Americans prepare to go to the polls on November 3,... Continue Reading →
Friday, September 18, 2020
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September 18, 2020 -OER Discovery and Introduction to Advocacy
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September 18, 2020 -Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 3 (Forum)
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September 18, 2020 -What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 4 (Forum)
OER Discovery and Introduction to Advocacy
The 4th OER Librarian's Workshop Day has been reconfigured into a virtual format and presents 2 separate entry points for engagement based on background knowledge and experience. Entry Point #1: OER Discovery and Introduction to Advocacy September 18, 2020 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm View Entry Point #2 Description This virtual event is for... Continue Reading →
Deliberative Forum: How Do We Fix America’s Troubled Election System? 3 (Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description As Americans prepare to go to the polls on November 3,... Continue Reading →
What Should We Do To Ensure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities? 4 (Forum)
With The People Series NED affiliated personal and professional development. Minnesota State is offering several opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in practices designed to improve the functioning of our democracy during today’s polarized times. View other events in the series Description The United States is in conflict, as most Americans demand change... Continue Reading →
