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
Applying the QM Rubric 2 (2 week short course)
Applying the QM Rubric 2 (2 week short course)
March 8 - March 20, 2021 Description QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those... Continue Reading →
D2L Brightspace: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction (3 week short course)
D2L Brightspace: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction (3 week short course)
March 8 - March 28, 2021 Description By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Classlist, Email, Intelligent Agents, personalized Announcements, and private Discussions) to improve instructor-to-student interactions. You will be provided with efficient ways to email students, tips and tricks to personalize communication for students,... Continue Reading →
Monday, March 8, 2021
No events on this day.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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March 9, 2021 -Assessment Design for Student Motivation (Webinar)
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March 9, 2021 -GRIT Program (Innovation Expo)
Assessment Design for Student Motivation (Webinar)
Description Boost motivation and academic honesty in your online courses. In this one-hour webinar you will learn three factors that contribute to academic motivation and immediately applicable strategies to implement these factors in your own online courses. Outcomes At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to… List at least two factors that... Continue Reading →
GRIT Program (Innovation Expo)
Minnesota State University Moorhead Background Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Growth, Resilience, Initiative, and Transformation (GRIT) Program is designed to retain and support students that do not meet automatic admission criteria... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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March 10, 2021 -Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Academic Equity Fellows Recommendations (Webinar)
Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Academic Equity Fellows Recommendations (Webinar)
In January 2020, Chancellor Malhotra appointed four Equity 2030 Chancellor’s Fellows from among Minnesota State faculty across the state to generate an essential knowledge base to lay the philosophical and practical groundwork for Equity 2030. Drs. Ruthann Crapo Kim and Ajaykumar Panicker were selected as the Chancellor’s Fellows for Academic Equity. They were tasked with... Continue Reading →
Thursday, March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 -Using Zoom’s Analytic and Reporting Features (Webinar)
Using Zoom’s Analytic and Reporting Features (Webinar)
Description Ever wonder how you can quickly get attendance reports from previous Zoom sessions? Wouldn’t it be nice to recall the details of who responded a certain way to the class poll that you used in Zoom. With the detailed meeting and usage reports you can analyze session data to find out all of these... Continue Reading →
Friday, March 12, 2021
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