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
Classroom Inquiry and IRB (Summer 2024)
Classroom Inquiry and IRB (Summer 2024)
June 3 - June 23, 2024 Short Course Description Participants will review Scholarship of Teaching (SoTL) premises to generate an inquiry question and a study outline grounded by consideration of equity and ethics. In doing so, participants will review what counts as valid and reliable data and two major approaches to make sense of different... Continue Reading →
Foundations of Teaching Online (Summer 2024)
Foundations of Teaching Online (Summer 2024)
June 3 – August 4, 2024 (Break 7/1 – 7/7) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic principles of backwards design... Continue Reading →
Foundations of Teaching Online for Deans (Summer 2024)
Foundations of Teaching Online for Deans (Summer 2024)
June 3 – August 4, 2024 (Break 7/1 – 7/7) Long Course The Foundations of Teaching Online long course will help faculty build well-designed online experiences for their students, and deans evaluate online experiences from a student perspective. Participants will learn about quality standards in online course design and the basic principles of backwards design... Continue Reading →
Monday, June 3, 2024
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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June 4, 2024 -The Professionalism Pact (Summer 2024)
The Professionalism Pact (Summer 2024)
Professional fluency is a concept we’ve been consciously working on at Lake Superior College in one form or another since 2014. As we have emerged from the pandemic, we are... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
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June 5, 2024 -Replay of Part 2 – Racial Justice and Disability Justice: Working Together to Free Our Minds and Bodies (Summer 2024)
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June 5, 2024 -Design with the End in Mind: Mastering Backward Design for Effective Learning (Summer 2024)
Replay of Part 2 – Racial Justice and Disability Justice: Working Together to Free Our Minds and Bodies (Summer 2024)
Description We will discuss the compound impact of intersections between racism and ableism within US society and why this intersect is so rarely discussed in social justice. We’ll hear from key figures who work in racial and/or disability justice and think about how their ideas overlap or could overlap. Lastly, we’ll talk about what social... Continue Reading →
Design with the End in Mind: Mastering Backward Design for Effective Learning (Summer 2024)
Dive into the backward design framework to strategically plan curriculum that starts with the end goals in sight. This webinar guides educators through the process of defining clear objectives, determining... Continue Reading →
Thursday, June 6, 2024
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Friday, June 7, 2024
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