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
Empathy by Design (Summer 2026)
Empathy by Design (Summer 2026)
June 1 - June 21, 2026 Short Course Description Course Overview This online, asynchronous course is for Minnesota State faculty who want to use evidence‑based strategies to make their courses more human-centered through thoughtful facilitation and design. Course Format The course has no scheduled class meetings. You will work on your own schedule to complete... Continue Reading →
Foundations of Teaching Online for Deans (Summer 2026)
Foundations of Teaching Online for Deans (Summer 2026)
June 1 - August 2, 2026 (No class/Break: June 29 - July 5, 2026) 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... Continue Reading →
Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Data (Summer 2026)
Collecting and Analyzing Classroom Data (Summer 2026)
June 1 - June 21, 2026 Short Course Description In this class, participants are expected to bring a specific Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Inquiry Question and preliminary literature review of the topic. From there, participants will explore evidence approaches (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods), select an appropriate tool from that evidence approach, determine... Continue Reading →
Foundations of Teaching Online (Summer 2026)
Foundations of Teaching Online (Summer 2026)
June 1 - August 2, 2026 (No class/Break: June 29 - July 5, 2026) 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... Continue Reading →
Monday, June 1, 2026
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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June 3, 2026 -Making Zoom Sessions More Accessible and Inclusive (Summer 2026)
Making Zoom Sessions More Accessible and Inclusive (Summer 2026)
We might be used to using Zoom in our work, but not all of us, especially our students, are. In this session, we’ll look at Zoom reactions, annotations, and the... Continue Reading →
Thursday, June 4, 2026
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Friday, June 5, 2026
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