jtneil’s Del.icio.us alerted me to this excellent article on the academia vs wikipedia issues. What to do with Wikipedia is an article that truly gets it in every way. I could barely contain myself when reading through it! At last, a concise and easy to access summary and idea on how Wikipedia (et al) can and SHOULD fit into academia.
And for an example to lead the way – see Brian Lamb’s reviews of Professor Jon Beasley-Murray at University of British Columbia doing exactly what William Badke suggests.
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May 6, 2008 at 12:26 pm
David McQuillan
A supremely sensible article. 🙂
And btw how do I get that CCBY box on my wordpress blog?
May 6, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Sarah Stewart
What an interesting idea. I think its great. I can see our students saying ‘whats in it for us’ & not viewing it as ‘proper’ education.
May 6, 2008 at 10:35 pm
practicewordpress
No doubt Sarah! I think we see them asking that for most of the things we do. Hope you’ll try it and see.
May 12, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Annabel Astbury
A good one. I work in history education and I have had great success in getting teachers to ‘know’ wikipedia rather than just fear it. A good one that I can use to back up my claims!