the transpersonal scholar

APA Style | Reference Examples for Electronic Source Materials

2007-05-31T20:50:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to the APA site for how to cite electronic references. Now that we are all such proficient internet researchers I thought this might come in handy. Next week in class I can teach you how to Furl this page ;-).

happy weekend
Melissa

This blog has been tranferred to Wordpress

2007-05-19T18:27:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to reiterate the fact that this blog has been transferred over to wordpress. All new posting should be posted here.

Perceptions of Internet Credibility

2007-05-18T16:33:00.000-07:00

College student Web use, perceptions of information credibility, and verification behavior.

To be edited.

Nadia
(Sorry! The library is closing!)

Awesome keyword analyzer tool

2007-05-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

Hi all!
I'm not sure what happened to my post from class... it talked about how useful I thought the keyword analyzer tool was for research purposes.
But anyway, I was searching for articles on keyword analyzer tools, and did not find anything truly worth posting, but what I DID find was ANOTHER AMAZING keyword tool. It's totally different from the one we already know. For this one, all you do is type in a word... any word... and it will spit back at you TONS of different phrases that include that word. For example, if you type in "spiritual" as your keyword, it will provide lots of phrases that include that word. GREAT tool for serendipitous searching, or expanding your concept to include other fields.

So here you go, and happy searching!

Just in case that didn't turn into a link, here is the website: http://kat.blapper.com/kat/r/sger

Love,
Dakota

Bloggers: The Internet Scholars and TP

2007-05-15T10:35:00.001-07:00

I've always enjoyed blogging. About personal issues, political issues, or just intersting tidbits I've come across. I always knew that there was a wealth of information and resources online, but professors tend to discourage it, saying that these aren't credible. Go to the library. Search the databases (if they're REALLY into modern research). But google searches don't work.

This class has proved them wrong.

Not only have I found scholarly material online through google searches, but I've found a wealth of it. The only problem that I have run into is finding "credible" sources for transpersonally oriented material. In this case, professors tend to think that there is too much material that is "New Agey." For a popular emerging field, I find it hard to believe that this new age material can't be used as scholarly sources; and because it is really developing in an web-oriented society, I'm willing to bet that a fair percentage of emerging material will not be found within the walls of libraries, but on the net.

The founders have yet to admit this.

wordpress

2007-05-14T23:10:00.000-07:00

I've taken the liberty of switching this blog over to wordpress. I'm still working on it but will have it all set-up within the next few days. (FYI)

In the meantime, you can checkout my wordpress version of my online CV.

Purpose of Education

2007-05-11T22:50:00.001-07:00

Here's a quote I really like about the purpose of education. The author talks about the role of education in children's development but I think his views are applicable throughout education, and throughout the lifespan. For more by this author check out http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm I believe that Gardner's work becomes ever more important as educators begin to consider the ramifications to education of technology trends in the information age (like social software).

"The single most important contribution that education
can make to a child's development is to help him
towards a field where his talents best suit him, where
he will be satisfied and competent. We've completely
lost sight of that. Instead, we subject everyone to an
education where, if you succeed, you will be best
suited to be a college professor. And we evaluate
everyone along the way according to whether they meet
that narrow standard of success. We should spend less
time ranking children and more time helping them to
identify their natural competencies and gifts, and
cultivate those. There are hundreds and hundreds of
ways to succeed, and many, many different abilities
that will help you get there."
-Howard Gardner quote in Daniel Goleman's Emotional
Intelligence, 1995, p. 37.

How to Succeed in Postgraduate Study

2007-05-11T17:43:00.000-07:00

It would seem that I am monopolizing my presence here. Oh well. There's just so much to share! Regardless, here is an article I found that relates to life in graduate school . (Australia)

Abstract (reprinted):

" This paper attempts to raise some issues that are important for postgraduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for supervisors who wish to help their students be successful. The intent is not to provide prescriptive advice -- no formulas for finishing a thesis or twelve-step programs for becoming a better supervisor are given -- but to raise awareness on both sides of the supervisor-student relationship as to what the expectations are and should be for this relationship, what a postgraduate student should expect to accomplish, common problems, and where to go if the supervisor is not forthcoming."

A Small Fish in a Big Pond

2007-05-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

Here's another blog of interest to our stressed-out subculture otherwise known as "graduate students."

"I am beginning to wonder if anyone ever makes true friends in graduate school. Most everyone here seem super competitive - I tend to be more of a cooperative learner. I have this vague, nagging idealism that education should be a growing experience - not a series of sucker punches . . ."

MONEY Magazine's 10 Best Jobs

2007-05-11T12:31:00.000-07:00

FYI: I found this through the academic coaching blog. It's MONEY Magazine's list of what they think are the 10 best jobs in today's market. Note that #2 is being a professor and that #10 is being a psychologist (that is, they equate being a practicing therapist as being the same as being a psychologist, a really limited definition by any standard).

academic coach

2007-05-11T12:06:00.000-07:00

Peeps, check out this "academic coach" blog. Maybe you will find this interesting. Maybe you won't. Hell, I'm not your mom, okay? Just deal with it, jeez.

"Many of the junior faculty, post-docs and grad students I work with have difficulty juggling tasks. As one junior faculty member put it: “When I focus on one project, the rest of my life seems to fall apart. But if I scatter my energy, I don’t get anything finished.

“I’m keeping up with my teaching and my departmental duties but none of my papers are moving forward. It is my second year on the tenure track and I still haven’t gotten articles out from my dissertation.”

Do you have this type of difficulty?" . . .

Article for Week 6 on "Smart Mobs"

2007-05-08T22:23:00.000-07:00

Hi Internet Scholars!
I was doing the reading for this week, and one of the phrases that stuck out for me was Howard Rheingold's phrase "Smart Mobs." He basically said that "Smart mobs emerge when comunication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used by some of its earliest adopters to support democracy and by others to coordinate terrorist attacks."

So here is a link to an article that I found on "Smart Mobs."

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/technology/1057780670.php

(Hmmm...for some reason I am not able to see the little button that turns the link above into a REAL link. Sorry about that. Gremlins in my computer, apparently. It's old-fashioned cut and paste time, I guess!) :)

Have a great week...

Dakota

Week 6 Lecture

2007-05-08T14:19:00.000-07:00

Your convenient link to Week 6 Lecture courtesy of our superfantastic instructor, Chris Olsen.

Your Super-Convenient link list is on the right side of the blog>

2007-05-08T10:51:00.000-07:00

Ya'll should take special note that since this blog is to be used as the main gateway to the class I'm trying to add the relevant links we've been using onto the sidebar to the right>

Article for this week...

2007-05-07T18:50:00.000-07:00

Hello there...
One of the things that has interested me most about this class is how using the internet is changing the way we do research...which is what this article addresses. Granted, it is talking about the research of historians rather than psychologists, but the conclusions that they draw are still applicable, I think.
So here you go, and enjoy!

http://www.abc-clio.com/academic/collaborativeresearch.pdf

My blog site!

2007-05-07T18:25:00.000-07:00

Hi all!
This is the link to my blogsite:

http://themindofdakota.blogspot.com/

Hope you all had a great weekend, and I'll see you in class tomorrow! :)

integral methodological pluralism

2007-05-07T11:21:00.000-07:00

Chris asked me to post some of the google findings I came up with that I found pertinent to my topic. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to copy and past into blogger so I opted to post my findings on the forum. You can view it on "Week 6."

Thanks for taking the time to check it out!

-Sean

Integral Leadership Review

2007-05-04T23:53:00.000-07:00

I found this today. It is extremely interesting to me since I'm trying to get a better sense of what consulting and coaching means to me and how I can integrate it into my life and profession. It's encouraging for me to be aware of this review because it seems to be a small but growing example of how "integral" approaches are making waves in the world.

Again, I share it here because I'm going to be exploring the refinement of Integral Methodological Pluralism a la Ken Wilber's work as a new methodology to be applied to a varied of settings and purposes:

Integral Leadership Review

The Integral Leadership Review is the premier publication of integrally informed approaches to leadership. We serve academics and practitioners engaged in the theory, development and practice of leadership. Now in its sixth year, the Integral Leadership Review provides a link and a bridge among leaders, theorists, educators, consultants, coaches and trainers in over thirty countries.

Comment

2007-05-04T20:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks for sharing your CV blog Sean. It's really nicely done. Resumes have certainly come a long way since I first started writing mine nearly 30 years ago! Converting to an Information Age CV is a little daunting. I'm grateful to have your example. Melissa

Research and Teaching in the 21st Century

2007-05-04T19:43:00.001-07:00

This article is written by Michael Gibbons the author of The production of knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies. In it the author discusses "two existing modes of knowledge production - mode 1 and mode 2" and the implications of these modes for teaching and research in the 21st century. This author appears to be somewhat of a futurist and seems to be prophetic in his understanding of culture shifts underway driven by web technologies. His view of the future of research and education appears to me to have interesting implications for the ITP community.

http://www.griffith.edu.au/vc/ate/pdf/gibbons.pdf

Hello Everyone!

2007-05-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! Welcome to the class blog!