Wiki Education

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Wiki Education empowers people to contribute content to Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other Wikimedia projects for the benefit of a more informed public.

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  1. Apr 5

    Join us on April 11 at noon Pacific to learn how faculty are using a Wikipedia assignment to engage their students. Register for the program here:

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    Mar 31

    Thanks for this article on our work editing in using the tutorials from , . Also, the students know this assignment as so shout out to for introducing me to Wikipedia editing.

    Wikipedia’s bad reputation deserves a second look, researcher discusses
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  3. Mar 30

    Wikidata properties are essential for data quality and usefulness. Here, Wikidata Will shares how to define relationships in Wikidata, making data more descriptive and complete.

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  4. Mar 24

    One professor liked his student's creative approach to a reflective essay about so much he shared it with us... and our staff loved it so much we wanted to share it with you, too!

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    Mar 23

    1/3 writes: "Today, I observed students conduct peer reviews in my History of Sexuality in the U.S. course. They are working on a Wikipedia Project--a semester-long research project in which they edit an existing Wikipedia page or create a new one.

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  6. Mar 22

    “Editing is really a pretty enjoyable process, and there’s a great community of editors on the site if you get stuck,” says Brandon Katzir, Digital Services Librarian at .

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  7. Mar 18

    We're pleased to welcome to our Advisory Board.

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    Mar 14

    Wooster student, Emma Schell '23 was recognized for expanding coverage of Latin American topics on Wikipedia. Read more here:

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  9. Mar 14

    Did you know the Devonian explosion was a period between 419 and 359 million years ago when the surface of the Earth was colonized by green plants? Wikipedia now has an article about it, thanks to a student editor in our program.

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    Mar 13

    You are invited to an online panel with : The Wikipedia Assignment: Where Students’ Interests, Confidence, and Public Participation in Knowledge Production Intersect via

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    Mar 11

    students take on Wikipedia, adding notable Arab personalities, in particular women, to address a major gender gap and dearth of Arab notables on this most important of platforms.

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  12. Mar 10

    Arabic Wikimedian NANöR took our Wikidata Institute course — and now has more than 5,000 edits in six months and has led a workshop for other Arabic Wikimedians about Wikidata.

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  13. Mar 8

    On International Women's Day, we're reflecting on the impact of our collaboration with the 's initiative, in which we trained 74 staff in how to improve Wikipedia biographies of American women.

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  14. Mar 7

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  15. Mar 7

    Happy ! Celebrate by watching the recording of a session Wiki Education's Helaine Blumenthal did with professors Delia Steverson, Helen Choi, and Heather Sharkey about teaching with Wikipedia at .

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    Mar 5

    I graded the first additions to articles today and I CANNOT WAIT for these projects to take shape. Already doing such good work!

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  17. Mar 4

    Join us on April 11 at noon Pacific to learn how faculty are using Wikipedia based assignments in their courses. Register for the event to discover how you and your students can impact the world's largest online encyclopedia.

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  18. Mar 4

    In an course, students improved Wikipedia articles related to federal laws about immigration, national security, and civil rights, among others.

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  19. Mar 1

    Gio Renegado edited Wikipedia's Filipinos in Alaska article as part of a class assignment: "Contributing to this article opened my eyes on the history of my heritage and Alaska," he says.

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  20. Feb 28

    We often share how editing Wikipedia is beneficial to students during their learning process. In the latest edition of , Senior Wikipedia Expert summarizes how students are beneficial to Wikipedia.

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