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: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
September 7 – September 26, 2021 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... Continue Reading →
Creative Commons Certificate: Registration Deadline Fall 2021
Creative Commons Certificate: Registration Deadline Fall 2021
The Creative Commons Certificate is an in-depth course about CC licenses, open practices and the ethos of the Commons. The course is composed of readings, quizzes, discussions and practical exercises to develop learners’ open skills. Minnesota State system office will support up to ten seats for the CC Certificate for Librarians or the CC Certificate for Educators. This... Continue Reading →
Monday, September 6, 2021
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
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September 8, 2021 -Manage Course Dates on a Single Screen
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September 8, 2021 -Encouraging Student-Teacher Communication with Private Discussions
Manage Course Dates on a Single Screen
Description The Start, End, and Due dates from most tools in D2L Brightspace can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual tool and opening each individual item to change dates, you can use Manage Dates to view all dates at once, with filtering, sorting and... Continue Reading →
Encouraging Student-Teacher Communication with Private Discussions
Description Private discussions have multiple uses in Brightspace. You can communicate with students one-on-one, keep track of student to instructor communication, and encourage students to keep a reflective journal. You can use private discussions as a means of aiding reflection, deepening students understanding, and stimulating critical thinking. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to... Continue Reading →
Thursday, September 9, 2021
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September 9, 2021 -Securing Your Online Zoom Session
Securing Your Online Zoom Session
Description Explore best practices in securely scheduling, managing and distributing information about virtual sessions in Zoom. Zoom has implemented new security features and in meeting controls to allow hosts to manage the potential threats that could impacted unsecure sessions. In this 50 minute webinar we will look at the new Security Control center and offer... Continue Reading →
Friday, September 10, 2021
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