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
Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom – Option 2 (3 week short course)
Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom – Option 2 (3 week short course)
October 19 - November 8 Description You may have used Zoom as the quickest way to record a lecture or try to replicate a synchronous discussion. Now is the time to reflect and identify the instructional objective first and consider the best tool for the job. By the end of this three-week course you will be able to identify and apply... Continue Reading →
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (3 week short course)
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (3 week short course)
October 19 - November 8 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 introductory course, we’ll have the opportunity to examine... Continue Reading →
Monday, October 19, 2020
No events on this day.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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October 20, 2020 -Introduction to Assessments (Webinar)
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October 20, 2020 -Conversations with Colleagues – October
Introduction to Assessments (Webinar)
Description In this webinar, we will explore the different types of assessments. From formative to summative, traditional to performance-based, we will discuss which assessments might work best with different types of learning objectives. 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... Continue Reading →
Conversations with Colleagues – October
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 →
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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October 21, 2020 -Kaltura MediaSpace Webinar: Using video to support learning strategies like retrieval practice and elaboration – Option 2
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October 21, 2020 -Examining Inequities in Course Syllabus, Grading and Content (Webinar)
Kaltura MediaSpace Webinar: Using video to support learning strategies like retrieval practice and elaboration – Option 2
Description Video as often used as a method of delivering content in order to “get information into students’ heads.” There is no doubt that this form of instruction is critical to supporting student learning, but delivering content is not learning. To see student learning, we need to provide opportunities to “get information out of students’... Continue Reading →
Examining Inequities in Course Syllabus, Grading and Content (Webinar)
Equity in Practice Series – Addressing Equity and Building Stronger Relationships with Students Other events in the series: Equity in Practice Series Examining Inequities in Course Syllabus, Grading and Content... Continue Reading →
Thursday, October 22, 2020
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Friday, October 23, 2020
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October 23, 2020 -Recognizing Political Affiliation as a Social Identity (Webinar)
Recognizing Political Affiliation as a Social Identity (Webinar)
Personal Learning as Part of Educational Development: A NED Affiliated Series Other events in the series: Shifting the Conversation from Debate to Dialogue 1 Shifting the Conversation from Debate to Dialogue 2 Description One reason political conversations have become so difficult in the last couple decades is that political identity, for many, is tied to... Continue Reading →

