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
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Learning Community
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Learning Community
February 1 - April 25, 2021 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... Continue Reading →
Monday, February 1, 2021
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February 1, 2021 -Introduction to the “Creating Accessible Course Documents” short course (Webinar)
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February 1, 2021 -Teaching with Short Videos (Webinar)
Introduction to the “Creating Accessible Course Documents” short course (Webinar)
Description The webinar is for people who are taking, or thinking of taking, the Minnesota State short course "Creating Accessible Course Documents," and functions as an introduction to this course. Come and get a feel for the goals, expectations, and navigation for this course. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering,... Continue Reading →
Teaching with Short Videos (Webinar)
Description The webinar will look at how to use Kaltura MediaSpace (or other video creation software) to assist in your teaching. Various kinds of videos can be used to add interaction, instruction, feedback, and notifications to your courses. Conversation about ways that attendees also use video will be a part of the webinar time! RSVP... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
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February 3, 2021 -Equity and Inclusion Coordinators Monthly Check In: February
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February 3, 2021 -D2L: Rubrics for Beginners and Revisiting the Tool (It’s Greatly Improved!)
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February 3, 2021 -Spring 2021 Book Group: February
Equity and Inclusion Coordinators Monthly Check In: February
In collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Educational Innovations unit within Academic and Student Affairs, three Equity and Inclusion Coordinators are assisting with aligning, developing, and implementing a plan for comprehensive set of development opportunities to help faculty members build knowledge, skills, and abilities related to equity and inclusion efforts within... Continue Reading →
D2L: Rubrics for Beginners and Revisiting the Tool (It’s Greatly Improved!)
Rubrics in D2L Brightspace can be utilized as both a valuable evaluation tool and a meaningful communication tool. It saves faculty time evaluating and grading while providing quality and objective feedback on student assignments. Learn the basics of creating rubrics that can be used over and over again. If you tried Rubrics in the past,... Continue Reading →
Spring 2021 Book Group: February
Spring 2021 Book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. New this year - the first 150 participants to register for this series will receive a free copy of this eBook. Directions to claim your eBook will be provided in the... Continue Reading →
Thursday, February 4, 2021
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February 4, 2021 -OER FAQ: February
OER FAQ: February
Description: In this webinar, host Karen Pikula will answer questions that were commonly asked in OEN Webinars, Koffee with Karen, and the OER Learning Circles. Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. Submit an OER Question RSVP RSVP below to register and receive the Zoom URL... Continue Reading →
Friday, February 5, 2021
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