<p>Middlebury College and profs probably got more than they bargained for with their stand on wiki and the fall-out continues - the NYT picks up the story:</p>
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When half a dozen students in Neil Waters' ason Mittell, an assistant professor of American studies and film and media culture at Middlebury, said he planned to take the pro-Wikipedia side in the campus debate. “The message that is being sent is that ultimately they see it as a threat to traditional knowledge,” he said. “I see it as an opportunity. What does that mean for traditional scholarship? Does traditional scholarship lose value?”</p>
<p>For his course “Media Technology and Cultural Change,” which began this month, Professor Mittell said he would require his students to create a Wikipedia entry as well as post a video on YouTube, create a podcast and produce a blog for the course.</p>
<p>Another Middlebury professor, Thomas Beyer, of the Russian department, said, “I guess I am not terribly impressed by anyone citing an encyclopedia as a reference point, but I am not against using it as a starting point.”</p>
<p>And yes, back at Wikipedia, the Jesuits are still credited as supporting the Shimabara Rebellion.
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