The 7th edition of the Parapsychology Research and Education course, also known as the ParaMOOC series, will focus on Poltergeists and Hauntings for 2021. This free, open online course was founded by Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D. and Nancy L. Zingrone, Ph.D. of the Alvarado Zingrone Institute of Research and Education, a virtual project of Alvarado, Zingrone & Associates. Parapsychology Foundation has supported the course since 2016 as well. From 2015 through 2018, the course was a general look at the academic and scientific research focused on, or related to, the understanding of psychic phenomena. In 2018, the ParaMOOC changed slightly to a smaller course with online meetings on Saturdays and Sundays, with presentations organized around a specific topic. In 2019, the ParaMOOC focused on mediumship research. In 2020, the ParaMOOC focused on psychology and parapsychology, and this year, 2021, the ParaMOOC will focus on poltergeists and hauntings.
The course will open on Monday on January 18th. To enroll, email parapsychologyonline@gmail.com. The subject line of your email should read "enroll me in ParaMOOC2021", and your name and preferred email should be included in the body of the email. You can email us at any time, before and after the course opens, and we will get you enrolled and send you the details and instructions.
Attendees who join us live or watch the recordings at least 6 of the live sessions will be eligible for a Certificate of Completion signed by Lisette Coly, President of the Parapsychology Foundation.
Attendees who join us live or watch the recordings of at least 6 of the live sessions and contribute a written or recorded reflection on each of the sessions they attended will be eligible for a Certificate of Distinction signed by Lisette Coly, President of the Parapsychology Foundation.
All students who enroll in the ParaMOOC2021 will also be automatically enrolled in the ParaMOOC Archival course, which contains the PowerPoints, presentations, and handouts of the previous courses.
For more information, email Nan at nancy@theazire.org, join the Parapsychology Online Facebook group, or the ParaMOOC Facebook group.
The Parapsychology Research and Education Archival Course is the repository of all the annual ParaMOOC course materials, going back to 2014. ParaMOOC 2021 students and faculty will be automatically enrolled in the Archival Course.
When the ParaMOOC Archival Course opens at the end of January in 2021, previous students and faculty from ParaMOOC 2014 through 2020 will be sent invitations to enroll as well.
After ParaMOOC2021 finishes, individuals who wish to join the Archival course may request an invitation from parapsychologyonline@gmail.com.
The content of the Archival course will include raw footage of original lectures when available, links to edited YouTube versions of the lectures, PowerPoints, additional readings, abstracts of the presentations, and biographies of the organizers and faculty.
Three forums will also be maintained for the users of the Archival Course: a help forum, an open discussion forum, and an "Ask the Organizers" forum.