Academic & Student Affairs at Minnesota State
Minnesota State seeks to support student, faculty, and staff innovation that shows great potential for improving teaching, learning, and access for students across its 37 colleges and universities. Funded projects will aim to address obstacles to student success by using existing technologies, resources, or practices in innovative ways. Projects that can help support the Minnesota State... Continue Reading →
Please see below the upcoming open educational resources (OER) opportunities available from Minnesota State for faculty and staff. Join the OER Community Site to receive a weekly email of upcoming Network for Educational Development events. The OER Community Site is also where to find OER resources, news, and information on Z-Degrees, Opendora, OER guides, and... Continue Reading →
The November 2020 Transfer & Degree Audit Newsletter is now posted on the Transfer and Degree Audit pages through ASA Connect. In This Issue: Transferology Primary ContactuAchieve Planner & Schedule Builder UpdateMonthly WebinarConference Follow-up InfoContact Info Questions? Contact Cassandra Levesque
Faculty from around Minnesota State applied for and received innovation funding to develop multimedia projects that demonstrate teaching practices that were perfected or created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Browse the Innovating Through COVID-19 gallery to find these demonstrations of teaching techniques that may benefit you and your students! These practices include: Creating Interactive Lecture Video QuizzesTeaching... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, November 18th from 9:00 – 11:00 am We are pleased to announce a Virtual Open House from the Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence (COE) to learn more about the Curriculum Development Project! We will have two (2) back-to-back sessions starting at 9:00 am and 10:00 am for those interested to join and talk... Continue Reading →
Minnesota State is happy to announce the second round of Zero-Textbook Cost Degree (Z-degree) Project participants. This is a continuation of the direction from the State of Minnesota 91st Legislature (SF2415). There were three categories of Z-degree Project funding for FY21: 1. Exploration (funding up to $25,000) Campuses that received Exploration funding will prepare a foundation for Z-degree development; including faculty development, open textbook exploration and review, and building... Continue Reading →
The details for the ASA Fall Virtual Conference are now available, including session descriptions and Zoom links. Sign in with StarID@MinnState.edu There is no need to RSVP for any of the sessions except two being led by Labor Relations, focused on feedback on the upcoming bargaining sessions for IFO and MSCF contracts. You will need... Continue Reading →
Self-care for both faculty and students Social and emotional health and their impact on the classroom Social Emotional Learning November can sometimes heighten anxiety for both faculty and students as the looming semester’s end makes the reality of final projects and papers, grading, finals preparation, and preparation for the spring semester (can’t even think about... Continue Reading →
This year the Shark Tank Open was held a little differently. Typically faculty and staff present their project ideas to an audience and a panel of judges (the sharks) in an effort to receive up to $25,000 in innovation funding. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 5th Annual Shark Tank Open event was cancelled... Continue Reading →
Many within the system may be aware that Minnesota State, along with the Office of Higher Education (OHE) and Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is engaged in a credential transparency collaboration to post Minnesota programs and credentials on a national registry. Our partner, Credential Engine is hosting the FREE conference described below. Please... Continue Reading →
October 20, 2020 @ 12:00 - 1:00 pm Watch a welcome video from this month’s faculty facilitator Miki Huntington (Minneapolis College & Metropolitan State University). The upcoming 2020 elections present an important opportunity for civic engagement, learning, and action. We invite all faculty to be a part of community efforts to mobilize, educate, and commit to full... Continue Reading →
Join upcoming sessions that have a focus on the upcoming elections: Faculty who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) are invited to gather in community on a 90-minute Zoom video call, to discuss issues surrounding the upcoming elections. Faculty who identify as white are invited to gather in community on a 90-minute... Continue Reading →