Tim Bralower
Geosciences, Science
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Project Leader
Intro to InTeGrate part of Integrate
Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future: Materials for Faculty and Instructors Classroom Tested, Peer Reviewed and Designed to Fit into Your Course Explore the Teaching Materials » Support Sustainability ...
Website Content Contributions
Courses (2)
Water: Science and Society part of Water Science and Society
Water: Science and Society is a 10-module (12-week) general education course focused on the interrelationships between water and human activities from a science and policy standpoint. The course blends key readings ...
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Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society part of Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society
This blended and online course will provide students with a global perspective of coastal landscapes, the processes responsible for their formation, diversity, and change over time, as well as societal responses to ...
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Essay (1)
Development of an Online Certificate Program that Bridges Geoseciences and Sustainability part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability:Essays
Timothy Bralower, Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Online education is becoming an increasingly important component of the long-term strategy of institutions of higher education around the ...
Conference Presentations (3)
New Sustainability Programs and Their Impact at a Large Public State University part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Poster Sessions:Thursday
The Pennsylvania State University comprises 24 campuses across the state. Students who are admitted to any campus are automatically admitted to the University Park Campus once they meet the entrance requirements ...
A unique collaborative online blended teaching delivery brings cutting edge climate change science from a large research university (Penn State) to a historically black colleges and university (Fort Valley State). part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Understanding the science of climate change is of utmost importance for the next generation of students to be competitive in the global job market as they most likely have to deal with sudden and perhaps severe ...
Teaching Sustainability through Blended and Online Learning part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
The blended and online arm of the InTeGrate STEP center is in the process of developing five courses, Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society, Water Science and Society, Climate, Energy, and Our Future, the Future ...
Other Contributions (3)
Tim Bralower and Brent Yarnal: Using Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society at Pennsylvania State University — Main Campus part of Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society
This course provides a global perspective of coastal landscapes, the processes responsible for their formation, diversity, and change through time, as well as societal responses to changes in the coastal zones of the planet. Active learning elements include analyzing real data sets and applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills to real-world coastal issues that affect human populations. Students must complete a capstone project in which they consider a real-world coastal issue from a list of approved cities.
What Are the Core Competencies and Skills for Earth Science Students? part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Panel Discussions
Prior to redesigning the entire undergraduate geology curriculum at Lake Superior State University we conducted a national survey of all undergraduate geoscience programs through the American Geosciences Institute. ...
The Pennsylvania State University - Distance Learning Course part of Integrate:Program Design:InTeGrate Program Models:Penn State University
Online education is becoming an integral part of the mission of many universities across the country. This mode of delivery has many advantages, in particular providing an education for students who can't come ...
Communities
July 2016 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 Planning CommitteeTeach the Earth
Teaching Geoscience Online
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey
InTeGrate Materials Developers
Workshop Leader (11 workshops)
May 2017ITG Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce
June 2013Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability Workshop, 2012
May 2012
Workshop Participant (5 workshops)
July 2016 Introducing Active Learning Strategies to Large Intro Courses
July 2016 Teaching About Complex Systems Using the STELLA Modeling Software
December 2010