wikiedu.orgWiki Education – Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia

Main Navigation× Search for: Teach Learn Connect Build your Wikipedia Initiative Speaker Series Consult our expertise The Dashboard News ImpactMission and Vision Strategy Annual Plan Financials Board Staff Supporters Careers Contact us Donate A better Wikipedia means a better world for all” Wiki Education envisions a world in which students, scholars, scientists, archivists, librarians, and other members of academic and cultural institutions are actively engaged in sharing their knowledge with the general public through Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other open collaboration projects on the web. LEARN MORE Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia College & University Instructors Teach With Wikipedia Scientists, Scholars & other professionals Take a Wikipedia course Institutions Sponsor a Wikipedia Course Our Blog Latest Posts May 10 2024 Contraception in context: adding missing histories of birth control across Wikipedia Read More... May 03 2024 Editing Wikipedia is like being a super publisher”, says professor Read More... Apr 25 2024 Wikipedia can shape the world, not just reflect it Read More... VIEW ALL POSTS Wikipedia WITH Foundation and Disability Editing Workshop Wiki Education is seeking scholars, scientists, and medical practitioners to participate in a one-day edit-a-thon. We’ll improve Wikipedia’s coverage of healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities and add high-quality information to Wikipedia to inform the public with potentially life-changing knowledge. LEARN MORE Wikipedia Climate Finance Biographies In this 8-week course, climate action enthusiasts, finance experts, and other scholars will work to add at least one biography of a woman leader in climate finance to Wikipedia. Wiki Education’s team of Wikipedia experts will guide participants through the process of adding notable biographies to Wikipedia, and participants will emerge having told the story of a woman’s contributions toward global sustainability. LEARN MORE Wikipedia Climate Change and Human Rights In this 8-week course, climate change experts, scientists, and scholars will work to improve a article to Wikipedia about climate change as it relates to human rights and vulnerable communities. Wiki Education’s team of Wikipedia experts will guide participants through this process, and participants will emerge with the skills add high-quality academic knowledge to Wikipedia. LEARN MORE View All Courses By the end of the quarter, they realize that their work has been affecting people, something that rarely happens with a standard term paper. In their evaluations of the course, students routinely mention the Wikipedia assignment as their favorite part. Read more…Ben Karney University of California Los Angeles My students wrestled with their status as quasi-gatekeepers to particular information. I believe this revelation made their commitment to and belief in free and accessible information even more poignant. We used this project to reconsider power and privilege in the academy and exercised our positionality as a driving force in contributing to the Wikipedia articles. Read more…Delia Steverson University of Florida Students’ Wikipedia pages and presentations also showed me that they achieved everything that a traditional research paper is supposed to do and more—they conducted research, analyzed it, wrote effectively about their topics, but also shared their work in a meaningful way with each other and with the public. Read more…Sarah Lirley Columbia College In the past two years, writing for Wikipedia has added intellectual substance and verve to my courses, while giving me and my students a sense of accomplishment as we produce and disseminate knowledge. Heather Sharkey University of Pennsylvania Featured Oct 05 2020 Wiki Education brings 19% of English Wikipedia’s new active editors Read More Nov 08 2022 Law student informs thousands on upcoming Supreme Court issue Read More Feb 14 2023 Amplifying the voices of Indigenous women on Wikipedia Read More Jun 19 2017 What students learn from contributing to Wikipedia Read More Aug 10 2021 Changing the face of Wikipedia Read More Mar 08 2023 Putting our energy into Wikipedia as climate action Read MorePages HomeTeach Learn Partnerships News Useful Links Privacy Policy Terms of Service Contact Us Donate Contact Info Wiki Education 341 Broadway Street, Suite 408 Chico, CA 95928 wikiedu.org is a project of Wiki Education, and is subject to Wiki Education’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . All text CC-BY-SA except where noted. Wiki Education follows state nonprofit disclosure procedures. Program participants may find it useful to review Wiki Education’s Disability Accommodation...