UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has revised the Faculty Tech Academy for 2025-26 in the Learning Resource Network (LRN) for faculty and staff to explore current opportunities for teaching with Penn State-provided technologies.
The Faculty Tech Academy is an asynchronous experience that can be completed from start to finish in under two hours,or searched based on personal interests, to connect with support resources throughout the University.
The course provides context for more than 170 Penn State technology resources, categorizes them into eight modules, and wraps them with applied learning activities to increase comfort with using new technologies that further support student success.
The course was updated this year to include:
- The Penn State Wireless Network recommendation to change Wi-Fi network access from “psu” to eduroam.
- Interactive activities to try in OneDrive;
- The streamlined process to access Adobe tools;
- The process to access Course Insights and its accompanying Resource Hub; and
- A Learning Spaces Manager tool that shows classroom photos and classroom technology.
Dozens of faculty and staff completed the Faculty Tech Academy in the 2024-25 academic year and provided feedback that “there is so much tech to learn about” in the course. This version will remain published until August 2026 and will remember users’ progress when logging out and returning for spaced learning.
The Faculty Tech Academy can be accessed by logging into the Learning Resource Network and searching “Tech Academy” or by accessing the Faculty Tech Academy course in LRN directly.