Join Wiki Education as we bring together experts in Wikimedia and open knowledge for lively discussions of topics relevant to our communities. Wiki Education hosts regular, Zoom-based conversations, and you’re encouraged to take part! Sign up for any topics that are of interest to you, and join as our panelists share their thoughts, moderated by a Wiki Education staff member.
Upcoming events
Earth Day, Every Day: Preserving Biodiversity on Wikipedia
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern
In celebration of Earth Day, our next Speaker Series will bring together a panel of scholars to explore how improving Wikipedia can illuminate the hidden corners of topics related to biodiversity.
When information about a genus of fig wasp, for example, exists only in paywalled journals or in low-visibility scholarship, its incredible ecological importance — and even its existence — can remain largely invisible. But by developing and expanding articles on underrepresented species, ecosystems and habitats, ecological relationships, and other biodiversity topics, student editors help create freely accessible starting points not only for public understanding, but also for research needs and conservation efforts.
Join Wiki Education on Zoom on April 15 to explore how student contributions to Wikipedia are sparking curiosity, inspiring new inquiry, and bringing critical visibility to the biodiversity that sustains our ecosystems.
The event will include a public Q&A. We encourage you to bring questions for the panelists!
Panelists:
- Anuschka Faucci, University of Hawaii’s Leeward Community College
- Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine
- Joan Strassmann, Washington University in St. Louis
- Ian Ramjohn, Wiki Education
- Colleen McCoy, moderator, Wiki Education
Past events
Speaker Series events are recorded and available on Wiki Education’s YouTube channel:
- Trying Something New: Faculty reflect on first time teaching with Wikipedia (March 2026)
- Inside the Wikipedia Assignment: Student Perspectives (February 2026)
- Wikipedia at 25: Authority, Legitimacy, and the Future of Knowledge (January 2026)
- When Experts Edit: Improving Wikipedia’s coverage of U.S. history (December 2025)
- Supercharging Cultural Institution Collections with Wikidata (October 2025)
- Studying Impact: How does the Wikipedia assignment shape student learning? (September 2025)
- Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities (August 2025)
- Gaps & Growth: Enhancing Latino/x/é and Latin American content on Wikipedia / Brechas y crecimiento: Mejorando el contenido latino/x/é y latinoamericano en Wikipedia (June 2025)
- En”abling” Change: How Wiki Education is tackling disability on Wikipedia (April 2025)
- Persistence & Progress: Confronting Wikipedia’s gender imbalance (March 2025)
- Beyond the Classroom: Student editors improve Wikipedia (February 2025)
- The Experts Behind the Edits: Expanding public understanding of healthcare (January 2025)
- Celebrating 10 Years of Wiki Education (December 2024)
- Open Source Tech: Building the Wiki Education Dashboard (October 2024)
- Wikipedia & Social Justice: How students are improving representation and equity (September 2024)
- Wikipedia & Politics: Improving articles for a more informed public (August 2024)
- Who is preserving LGBTQ+ history? (June 2024)
- Wikipedia and Education, globally (May 2024)
- Wikipedia Research! (April 2024)
- Tackling Wikipedia’s Gender Gap (March 2024)
- What’s it like to edit Wikipedia? Hear it from the students themselves (February 2024)
- How Wikipedia tackles the climate crisis (January 2024)
- Closing the gap for Black and Hispanic STEM professionals on Wikipedia (December 2023)
- How cultural institutions use Wikidata to share their data with the world (October 2023)
- Wikipedia in a Generative AI World (September 2023)
- How teaching with Wikipedia revolutionizes higher education classrooms (August 2023)
