Library Resources

• Pelham, B.W., & Blanton, H. (2013). Conducting Research in Psychology: Measuring the Weight of Smoke. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Chapter 1.

  [Guidance: This chapter is a good overview of the history of knowing and goes beyond what we can fully cover in this lesson and you may find it useful for the rest of the course. The section on the four ways of knowing is the primary source for the discussion of epistemology in this lesson.]

   

1. Lesson 1 Discussion

Library Resources

• Foster, C.A. & Clarke, J.A. (2015). The pseudoscientific leader: Do bad leaders endure by using pseudoscientific thinking? In Lindsay, D. & Woychesin, D.’s Overcoming Leadership Challenges. Kingston, Ontario: Canadian Defence Academy Press.

  [Guidance: This chapter presents several of the ideas discussed in this lesson using different language and will introduce you to the idea of pseudoscience. It goes into more detail and the ideas are presented in a specific type of organization that will give you a stronger sense of why theory is better than maxim. You are encouraged to look for the connections.]

1. Lesson 2 Discussion

Library Resources

• Adami, C. (2016). What is information? Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society, 374.1-14. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0230

  [Guidance: This reading will give you a deeper understanding of what information is.]

1. Lesson 3 Discussion

On the Web

• Coiro, J. (2014). Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information. Retrieved at: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/evaluating-quality-of-online-info-julie-coiro 

  [Guidance: This reading is geared towards helping middle schoolers evaluate information and false information on the internet. As many of us grew up in a time when the internet was very different (or non-existent) this is a good starting place to think about a process to sort good information from false or misleading information.]
  
  
• Penn State University Libraries. (n.d.). Evaluating Information. Retrieved at: https://libraries.psu.edu/services/research-help/evaluating-information
  
  
• Penn State University Libraries. (n.d.). Evaluating Information Rubric. Retrieved at: https://libraries.psu.edu/services/research-help/evaluating-information-rubric 
   

  [Guidance: These two readings along with the Coiro (2014) reading will help you learn how to evaluate information sources. You will then use all three to help you sort through information on the web.]

   

1. Lesson 4 Discussion

On the Web

• Penn State University Libraries. (2018). Organizational Leadership (OLEAD).  Retrieved at: http://guides.libraries.psu.edu/c.php?g=785315 

[Guidance: This library guide will be used to help you complete your assignment. But it will also be helpful for your time in the OLEAD program overall. Please read it all at some point in your career here. For this assignment, please read these sections:

1. Lesson 5 Discussion

Library Resources

• Pence, H.E. (2014). What is Big Data and Why is it Important? Journal of Educational Technology Systems. 43, 159-171. doi: 10.2190/ET.43.2.d

  [Guidance: This reading will help you understand what big data is at a deeper level than this lesson can provide and give you a sense of how it can be used and why it is important for you as a leader.]

1. Lesson 6 Discussion

Optional Readings

• Any materials you have from your statistics courses to refresh your memory on statistics to help you examine the ideas in this course in more detail.

1. Lesson 7 Discussion

Library Resources

• Library tutorial/OLEAD guide.

  [Guidance: This tutorial will help you become a better user and consumer of information in the library. This is a skill that you will be able to transfer to all of your other OLEAD courses and many others too.]

   

1. Lesson 8 Discussion

Optional Readings

• NONE

1. Lesson 9 Discussion

Library Resources

• Lodzinki, A., Motomura, M.S., & Schneider, F.W. (2012). Intervention and Evaluation. In F.W. Schneider, J.A. Gruman, & L.M. Coutts (Eds.), Applied Social Psychology: Understanding and Addressing Social and Practical Problems (pp. 61-81). Washington, DC: SAGE.

  [Guidance: This chapter goes into more details on how to create and evaluate intervention strategies that will be helpful for your time in the OLEAD program in this and other courses as well as in your work life.]

1. Lesson 10 Discussion

Library Resources

• Lodzinki, A., Motomura, M.S., & Schneider, F.W. (2012). Intervention and Evaluation. In F.W. Schneider, J.A. Gruman, & L.M. Coutts (Eds.), Applied Social Psychology: Understanding and Addressing Social and Practical Problems (pp. 61-81). Washington, DC: SAGE.

• Lessons 2-10
  
  [Guidance: Use this chapter along with the previous lessons to help you create a strong intervention and evaluation.]

1. Lesson 11: Mid-Term Project

Library Resources

• Dolan, G., & Books24x7, I. (2013). Hooked: How leaders connect, engage and inspire with storytelling. Milton Qld [Queensland]: Wiley.
  
  [Guidance: This is a good ebook in general, but focus on Chapter 4 for this course as it will give you a process for creating a convincing story.]

1. Lesson 12: Final Project Topic Proposal

Library Resources

• van Aartsengel A., Kurtoglu S. (2013) Defining ‘Continuous Improvement’. In: A Guide to Continuous Improvement Transformation. Management for Professionals. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg.
  
  [Guidance: This chapter in this book will give you a basic understanding of continuous improvement, but the whole book will give you an in-depth understanding of the nuances. Focus on the chapter for this lesson, but it may be something that you want to add to your bookshelf.]

• Krutchen, P. (2015). Lifelong Learning for Lifelong Employment. IEEE Software,32(4), pp. 85-87. doi: 10.1109/MS.2015.97
  
  [Guidance: This article will give you a basic understanding of lifelong learning and it’s importance. While the article focuses on information technology workers, it could actually be about any industry in the modern world as technology and other changes are becoming a constant in most professions.]

1. Lesson 13: Final Project Outline

No readings

1. Lesson 14: Final Project