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>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:57:35 -0400
>From: Erin Brazell <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Language Lab Unleashed #19: the Great Wikipedia Debate
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Greetings all:

Middlebury College's Department of History made headlines at the end of 
January when they announced a ban on the use of Wikipedia as a 
reference. Later in February, a Classics course at Oberlin College was 
required to use Wikipedia for a research assignment. These stories are 
but two of many that have prompted educators across the country to 
debate the value of Wikipedia as an educational tool. What are it 
strengths, its limits? When, if ever, is it appropriate to use Wikipedia 
for research? Should we be using it in the classroom at all?

Please join us this coming Thursday (29 March 2007) for the first 
Language Lab Unleashed of the spring. We'll be welcoming Don Wyatt 
(chair of the Department of History at Middlebury College), Elizabeth 
Colantoni (Professor of Classics at Oberlin College), Laura Blankenship 
(Senior Instructional Technologist at Bryn Mawr), and Bryan Alexander 
(Director of Research at NITLE) for what promises to be a lively 
discussion on the potential uses and abuses of Wikipedia in the 
educational arena.

The show will begin promptly at 8pm ... for details on how to join the 
live conversation, please visit 
<http://www.languagelabunleashed.com/join-us-most-thursday-nights/>! 
Thanks, and I hope to see you all then,

Erin

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Erin Brazell
Educational Technology Specialist
Cooper International Learning Center
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074

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In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. -Yogi
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