The Mind

On January 5th, 2015, at 2:00pm Eastern, Drs. Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone, will start an online course called Parapsychology and Anomalistic Psychology: Research and Education.

The course is free to all learners and will be comprised of more than 22 content lectures from researchers, scientists, educators, graduate students and experiencers from the field of parapsychology. A couple of lectures are also listed on the schedule that are aimed towards attendees who are new to the field.

Alvarado and Zingrone will conduct an opening ceremony on the Monday, 5th of January that will orient learners to the speakers and presentations, to the Poster Sessions (stand alone PowerPoint Presentations) and other materials available in the course as well as outline how learners can earn certificates for the course if they wish. The first lecture will take place on Monday the 6th of January and the last on Thursday, February 14th, and Alvarado and Zingrone will host closing ceremonies will take place on Friday, February 14th, 2015. Scroll down for the updated Schedule of presentations.

WizIQ.com’s virtual classroom will provide the live classroom in which we will meet and talk, and get to know one another. All live lectures will be recorded and available in the classroom within hours of the live session closing and uploaded to the Parapsychology Online YouTube Channel within a few days after the lecture was first seen.

The course is called a “MOOC” (or a massively open online course) because the WizIQ Virtual Classroom allows for the registration of more than 1000 people, but whether we are 20 or 2000, it is our hope that the course will give unprecedented access to some of the best people lending their academic and scientific talents to the search for a deep understanding of psychic phenomena.

To read more about the course go to the WizIQ home page and put “parapsychology” into the search bar. Then click on Parapsychology and Anomalistic Psychology: Research and Education, read more about the course, and if you’re interested click on the “Enroll” button and follow the instructions. You will be asked to create a free WizIQ account either by using your Facebook log-in or setting up a free account with your email and a password. Once in the course you will be able to browse the discussions among the other enrollees, and watch the course build out.

Here is the current schedule for the course:

Parapsychology and Anomalistic Psychology: Research and Theory, January 5th through February 14th, 2015.

Version Date, December 13th 2015

Our free online course is supported by donations from the:

Parapsychology Foundation (http://www.parapsychology.org),

Natasha and Jonathan Chisdes (http://www.chizfilm.net),

Phil Morse (http://www.compellingevidenceoftheafterlife.com).

Parapsychology Foundation and its President, Lisette Coly, are also partnering with us on this course. The certificates of completion for attendees will be issued by the Parapsychology Foundation. The means by which attendees may obtain a Certificate is discussed in the January 9th live session by Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone.

You will see included two “Overview” lectures that Carlos and Nancy are doing for those who are new to the scientific side of the field. There are also speakers listed who have confirmed, but who are working on their titles. Those who have days, times and titles confirmed will be listed on the Course Schedule on the day on which their talk will take place. Scroll down on the “Course Schedule” page to see the individual days, or check out your “Scheduled Activities” section on your WizIQ home. WizIQ “free-for-all” and Second Life discussion forums outside of regular live presentations will be listed on the next schedule of events.

Current Schedule (Speakers with Days Confirmed)

Version Date: December 7th, 2015

1.Monday, January 5th, 2015, Opening Ceremonies, Drs. Carlos S. Alvarado & Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundation, USA)

2.Tuesday, January 6th, 2015, Overview: Introduction to the Scientific Study of Psychic Phenomena, Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado & Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundaiton, USA)

3.Wednesday, January 7th, 2015, Clinical and Counseling Aspects of Psychic Phenomena, Dr. Alejandro Parra (Interamerican Open University & the Institute for Paranormal Psychology, Argentina)

4.Thursday, January 8th, 2015, Paranormal Healing Studies: Research, Practice, and Life Lessons, Dr. Daniel Benor (http://WholisticHealingResearch.com, Canada)

5.Friday, January 9th, 2015, Completing a Certificate for Parapsychology and Anomalisitic Psychology, Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundation, USA)

6.Saturday, January 10th, 2015, The Multiphasic Model of Precognition, Dr. Edwin C. May (Laboratories for Fundamental Research, USA)

7.Monday, January 12th, 2015, Dissociation, Identity and Belief: Results from a Multi-Methods Study with Mediums, Atheists, and Others in Brazil, Dr. Everton de Oliviera Maraldi (University of Guarulhos, Brazil)

8.Tuesday, January 13th, 2015, Modern Parapsychology: A Geographic View, Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundation, USA)

9.Thursday, January 15th, Dr. Kathy Dalton (Parapsychology Foundation, USA), title to come

10.Friday, January 16th, Second Life Discussion Forum (Starts in WizIQ, ends in Second Life), Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundation, USA)

11.Saturday, January 17th, WizIQ Discussion Forum, Drs. Carlos S. Alvarado & Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundation, USA)

12.Monday, January 19th, 2015, Perceptions of a Paranormal Subject, Joe McMoneagle (http://www.mceagle.com/blog/, USA)

13.Tuesday, January 20th, 2015, Dr. Roger Nelson (Global Consciousness Project, USA), title to come

14.Wednesday, January 21st, 2015, Yoga, Siddhis and Psi: Experimental Considerations and Implications, Dr. Sonali Marwaha (India)

15.Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, WizIQ Discussion Forum (and later in the Second Life Discussion Forum), Drs. Carlos S. Alvarado & Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundation, USA)

16.January 23rd, 2015, Presentiment: An Anomalous Anticipation of Random Future Events, Dr. Thomas Rabeyron (France)

17.Saturday, January 24th, 2015, Supernormal: Science, Yoga and Psi, Dr. Dean Radin (Institute for Noetic Sciences, USA)

18.Wednesday, January 28th, 2015, Will an Evolutionary Perspective Help Us Understand How Extrasensory Perception Works?, Dr. Richard S. Broughton (Intuition Laboratories & University of Northampton, England)

19.Thursday, January 29th, 2015, Qualitative Study of Mediumship, Dr. Chris Roe (University of Northampton, England)

20.Saturday, January 31st, 2015, We are All Experiencers, Cherylee Black (Canada)

21.Monday, February 2nd, 2015, Implications of Mediumship for the Mind-Brain Relationship, Dr. Alexander Moreira-Almeida (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil)

22.Tueday, Feburary 3rd, 2015, Beyond the Brain? Exploring the Neuropsychological Correlates of ESP, Bryan Williams (Psychical Research Foundation, USA)

23.Wednesday, February 4th, 2015, WizIQ Discussion Forum (and later in the day Second Life Discussion Forum), Drs. Carlos S. Alvarado & Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & the Parapsychology Foundation)

24.Thursday, February 5th, 2015, The Potential of Interdisciplinarity: Working between Disciplines to Better Understand Anomalistic Phenomena and Experience, Christopher Laursen (University of British Columbia, Canada)

25.Friday, February 6th, 2015, What the Study of Religion has to Offer Parapsychology, Dr. Jeffrey Kripal (Rice University, USA)

26.Saturday, February 7th, 2015, Remote Viewing: Antecedents, Conditions, People, Protocols, Applications, Dr. Paul H. Smith

27.Monday, February 9th, 2015, Dr. Peter Bancel (France), title to come

28.Tuesday, February 10th, Psi-Related Experiences in Daily Life and Their Relationship to Beliefs, Attitudes and Subjective Well-Being: A Brazilian Survey, Dr. Fátima Regina Machado (InterPsi, University of São Paulo, Brazil)

29.Wednesday, February 11th, Dr. Fabio da Silva (Brazil), title to come

30.Thursday, February 12th, The Challenge of Macro-PK, Dr. Stephen E. Braude (University of Maryland-Baltimore County, USA)

31.Friday, February 13th, 2015, Hypnosis and Psi, Dr. Etzel Cardeña (Lund University, Sweden)

32.Saturday, February 14th, 2015, Closing Ceremonies, Drs. Carlos S. Alvarado & Nancy L. Zingrone (The AZIRE & Parapsychology Foundation, USA)

Hope you can join us!

For more information please email Nancy at nzingrone@yahoo.com or email Nancy once you’re in WizIQ. You can also visit Nancy and Carlos’s website deirect at http://parapsychologyonline.wordpress.com/parapsychology-mooc-2015