Throughout the year, the Wiki Education Foundation has been improving the way we support partnerships. Most recently, we’ve been focusing on improving our dashboard to provide customized views for partners, helping them easily measure the impact their initiatives have on Wikipedia. And with the conclusion of the student outreach pilot, Outreach Manager Samantha Erickson is … Continued
The Association for Psychological Sciences was one of the first academic associations to see the potential for an initiative promoting the improvement of content on Wikipedia. In 2011, they kicked off their APS Wikipedia Initiative, and four years later, it’s still going strong. In May, Wiki Education Foundation staff attended the APS Annual Convention to … Continued
In mid-April, 5500 people — including two Wiki Ed staffers — came to the Midwest Political Science Association conference in Chicago. Attendees from around the world shared political science research and emerging practices in teaching and learning. Eryk Salvaggio and I held a 90-minute presentation on teaching with Wikipedia. Workshop participants shared their thoughts on the … Continued
Bringing more instructors into Wikipedia helps bring more content to Wikipedia, and that means more knowledge and information shared with the world. One of the ways the Wiki Education Foundation is hoping to expand the scope of Wikipedia is by bringing in more instructors, students, and institutions that share this mission. To advance those shared … Continued
Our student editors and readers in California and Washington may observe today as Native American Day, and everyone can read more about influential Native Americans to honor this day. Thank you to Dr. Siobhan Senier’s spring 2013 course about Native American Writers at the University of New Hampshire for closing this important content gap on Wikipedia. … Continued
Today is the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Celebrate the beginning of this new year by learning more about the history of Jewish people during the Middle Ages. Student editors expanded the article for Dr. Shira Klein’s 3,000 Years of Jewish History course in the fall 2013 term. Thank you to student editors Bwarner00, Camar111, … Continued
If you’re teaching a composition course and need inspiration for article topics to improve, one popular idea is to encourage student editors to add information to Wikipedia about their hometowns. Perhaps the town lacks demographic data from the most recent census or information about the education system. This can also be a useful first step for a longer … Continued
One year ago, floods were impacting several counties in Colorado. Read more about the flooding in this article, expanded by our student editor Jonathanhoffmann225 in Becky Carmichael’s fall 2013 Natural Disasters and Society course at Louisiana State University. Jami Mathewson Educational Partnerships Manager … Continued
In honor of Labor Day in the United States, read about the New Orleans dock workers and unionization. Thanks to student editor SummerStream in Eben Moglen’s fall 2011 American legal history course at Columbia University for starting this article. Jami Mathewson Educational Partnerships Manager … Continued