Like many organizations, Wiki Education has grappled with generative AI, its impacts, opportunities, and threats, for several years. As an organization that runs large-scale programs to bring new editors to Wikipedia (we’re responsible for about 19% of all new active editors on English Wikipedia), we have deep understanding of what challenges face new content contributors to … Continued
Each year, WikiConference North America (WCNA) brings together hundreds of Wikimedians — educators, librarians, technologists, and volunteers — who are shaping the Wikimedia movement across the continent. This year, WCNA will take place in New York City from October 16–19, and Wiki Education is excited to join. For our organization, this gathering isn’t just another … Continued
For the last 20-plus years, if you wanted to know something about a topic, Wikipedia is probably where you landed. Whether you painstakingly used Wikipedia’s own search field, Googled it, looked at the knowledge panel on a search results page, asked Siri a question, or requested information from ChatGPT, the answer you’ve gotten was probably … Continued
Many people have had the same experience I had one day: Sitting in a doctor’s examination room, having the doctor diagnose me with something, me asking a question, and the doctor pulling up the Wikipedia article about the topic to answer my question. In moments like this, it makes you realize how much even subject … Continued
I’m excited to share that Colleen McCoy has joined Wiki Education as our Communications and Outreach Coordinator. In her role, Colleen supports the development and implementation of communications across all departments, including outreach to new and ongoing partners. She also leads key projects for our Wikipedia Student Program’s Knowledge Equity initiative in partnership with the … Continued
In Wiki Education’s Wikipedia Student Program, students are assigned to edit a Wikipedia article on a course-related topic by their higher education instructor. For some students, they pick something they’re already deeply familiar with; for others, it’s a personal interest. But for Zoe Muccatira, a junior at North Dakota State University, she picked her topic … Continued
When Georgia Institute of Technology student Annika Trout learned she’d be improving a Wikipedia article for her Introduction to Environmental Sciences class this fall, she felt like it would be an interesting change from her typical research essay or presentation. “I also felt daunted by the challenge – it seemed like a huge responsibility to … Continued
Charles Darwin coined the term “warm little pond” to describe the potential origin of life. But the idea lacked a Wikipedia article until Ula Jones created it this fall as part of a class assignment to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of the origin of life. Ula is a first-year graduate student in earth and space sciences … Continued
The recent movie Oppenheimer brought recent attention to the Manhattan Project. For Lone Star College – Kingwood sophomore Connor McAdams, an important part of learning more about the Manhattan Project is learning about the traditionally underrepresented scientists who also contributed. “People often acknowledge scientists such as J. Robert Oppenheimer, but other scientists who worked on … Continued
