The NED was established to provide 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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- No events scheduled for October 14, 2021.
- No events scheduled for October 16, 2021.
- No events scheduled for October 17, 2021.
Week of Events
Equity 101 2: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
Equity 101 2: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
October 11 - October 31, 2021 Description This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values and worldview (especially... Continue Reading →
UDL: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences
UDL: Quick Tips to Enhance Learning Experiences
Description Design accessibility, access, and equity in your courses – Universal Design for Learning is a framework that can help us address every students’ unique learning needs! This webinar is an overview of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines plus some simple ways to apply UDL in your online teaching and learning experiences. Outcomes:... Continue Reading →
Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace
Discussion Date Settings in D2L Brightspace
Description The date settings in Discussions will soon be changing significantly. This webinar will provide an overview of what's changing and how the changes correlate to the current settings, with... Continue Reading →
Quick Eval tool in D2L Brightspace
Quick Eval tool in D2L Brightspace
Description The Quick Eval tool provides a single location to view all unevaluated student submissions (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes) from all Brightspace courses. You can sort, filter and search to prioritize which items you want to assess first. Become acquainted with the Quick Eval tool so you can save in your assessment and grading. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
Pulse App for Increased Student Engagement
Pulse App for Increased Student Engagement
Description Pulse is a D2L Brightspace mobile app that helps students keep track of important dates. It brings news, deadlines, and grades from all courses together in one place so they can spend less time organizing and more time learning. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on... Continue Reading →
OER Community Conversations: October 2021
OER Community Conversations: October 2021
Topic: Post Pandemic Access to Higher Education, Challenges and Opportunities Access to higher education has been transformed because of the pandemic. What changes did we make that are now going to become permanent? What new challenges do we face that we hadn’t even considered before the pandemic began? Finally, how can open educational resources (OERs) help... Continue Reading →
Librarian Workdays 2021: Affordable Education Explosion
Librarian Workdays 2021: Affordable Education Explosion
Academic librarians are critical partners in efforts to provide open educational resources (OER) for both students and faculty.  Educational Innovations is happy to announce two virtual opportunities for librarians and library staff from across Minnesota State campuses to come together for a day to network with colleagues, learn more about OER efforts across the system, and identify how librarians can... Continue Reading →