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I saw a flyer for a public lecture about Wikipedia and the Cultural Sector<\/a>, and I was struck by the titles of the two speakers. One is Liam Wyatt<\/a>, the first ever \u201cWikipedian-in-Residence\u201d at the British Museum<\/a>, while the other is a \u201cWikipedia Campus Ambassador<\/a>\u201d at Indiana University in Bloomington.<\/p>\n

I presume that Wikipedia is here to stay, and so perhaps the most important and appropriate questions for educators to ask are not along the lines of \u201cHow can I get students to stop using it?\u201d but rather \u201cHow can I and my students contribute to making this public resource better and more reliable?\u201d If this were the Encyclopedia Brittanica or some other such traditional encyclopedia, and we were invited to write an article, as academics we\u2019d probably welcome the opportunity. And so why not take the opportunity to contribute when we don\u2019t have to wait for an invitation, do not have to meet a deadline, probably won\u2019t have to write the whole article, and do not need to write our contribution all at once? Also, how can we mobilize our students so that contributing to improving Wiki sources becomes part of their coursework?<\/p>\n

Here are some presentations and a video related to this topic:<\/p>\n

Wikipedian in Residence \u2013 Wikimania Presentation<\/a><\/strong>http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=wikimaniapresetation-100715130751-phpapp01&stripped_title=wikipedian-in-residence-wikimania-presentation&userName=wittylama\n
View more presentations<\/a> from wittylama<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Indianapolis \u2013 Wikipedia and the Cultural Sector<\/a><\/strong>http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=websiteversionwpandtheculturalsector-100514175519-phpapp01&stripped_title=indianapolis-wikipedia-and-the-cultural-sector&userName=wittylama\n
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http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/uSeiHtEJmqI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0<\/p>\n

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