Higher Educationist's Guide to Wikipedia

LiAnna Davis, communications associate at the Wikimedia Foundation’s Public Policy Initiative, and Ryan Dellolio, web program manager at George Washington University and Wikipedia contributor, will discuss Wikipedia and higher education. Some of the questions discussed will be: -Is it appropriate for colleges and universities to edit their own Wikipedia pages? -Should professors be discouraging their students from citing Wikipedia in their papers? -What is the Wikimedia Foundation’s Public Policy Initiative, and why should higher education professionals know about it? -Is Wikipedia reliable?