When Penn State leaders made the decision to shift to remote learning for summer 2020 classes, Penn State instruction leaders realized they needed to rethink strategies for student support. For this new Tech Academy format, a group of librarians, instructional designers from Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology, and student success staff were brought together over Zoom to share their expertise. Cori Biddle, Eiche Library’s student engagement and outreach librarian and Imler’s colleague, also was a member of the working group charged with shifting the Tech Academy online. “Utilizing the University’s learning management system, Canvas, we were able to quickly switch Tech Academy to an asynchronous instructional environment,” Biddle said. “We were able to keep its goals of providing a basic introduction to the essential technologies students need in their coursework and building their awareness of the free resources available to them through IT, Media Commons and the University Libraries.”
