Empathy by Design: Short Course

Empathy by Design: Short Course July 25 – August 14 Description  This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are no scheduled […]

Applying Content Page Templates in D2L Brightspace 2

July 28, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Applying Content Page Templates in D2L Brightspace 2. Looking for that perfect image to insert into your PowerPoint slide? Searching for a soundtrack for your course welcoming video? If you mix Creative Commons licensed work into your own creations, how do you cite your work? Can you share copies of it? In this webinar, we will […]

Finding and Using Open Educational Resources

Friday, July 27 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM via Zoom Finding and Using Open Educational Resources This webinar will demonstrate how you can use the pre-formatted HTML templates as a starting point for creating Content pages in D2L Brightspace. The templates provide you with example materials and page layouts that you may copy and edit as appropriate for your needs. […]

MN Learning Commons Summit 2022

The Minnesota Learning Commons is hosting their 2022 Summit. The Minnesota Learning Commons (MnLC) is a partnership between Minnesota’s public education systems to support educators teaching in online, blended and digital learning environments. The Learning Commons executes its mission through its Coordinating Committee, webinar series, and Special Interest Groups. For the 2021-22 academic year, the MNLC partners are studying the […]

Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry: Summer 2022

Classroom Reflection to Classroom Inquiry: A Short Course July 18 -August 7, 2022 This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for turning reflection into SoTL inquiry. Module 1 provides an overview of SoTL, including its history and process. Module 2 integrates participants’ reflection on teaching and learning […]