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
Accessible Digital Media: Spring 2022
Accessible Digital Media: Spring 2022
March 28 - April 17, 2022 Short Course Description Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards... Continue Reading →
Monday, March 28, 2022
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March 28, 2022 -OER FAQ: March 2022
OER FAQ: March 2022
Description In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Time will be allotted toward the end to answer any participant questions that were not answered. Submit a question beforehand View all OER Events. RSVP Required... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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March 30, 2022 -New Ways to Talk about Disability
New Ways to Talk about Disability
Description People often talk about disability in outdated ways because they have never had to question it. Such ableist language, however, is rooted in the ongoing trauma experienced by many people with disabilities. In fact, our outdated language grew out of what are called the “pity” and “medical” disability models or frames. This workshop aims... Continue Reading →
Thursday, March 31, 2022
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Friday, April 1, 2022
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April 1, 2022 -A framework for antiracist praxis
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April 1, 2022 -2022 OER Project Showcase: 1
A framework for antiracist praxis
This webinar will introduce antiracist pedagogy and the continuous cycle of antiracist praxis. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will... Continue Reading →
2022 OER Project Showcase: 1
Since 2018, Minnesota State faculty have been participating in the OER Learning Circles program, where they collaborate with colleagues from across the system who are committed to redesigning courses around... Continue Reading →

