The typical assignment in most higher education mathematics classrooms is problem sets — but that’s changing, according to attendees of the Mathematical Association of America’s MathFest 2016, held last week in Columbus, Ohio. Leaders in the math community realize their graduates need to know how to write, either to explain mathematical concepts for the general … Continued
I’m excited to welcome the Wiki Education Foundation’s first research intern. Kevin Schiroo’s internship will focus on data science research that will help us understand the programmatic impact we have on Wikipedia content. Kevin’s project involves investigating what broad categories content development is happening in on Wikipedia, and investigating which categories our student editors are … Continued
As part of our partnership with the Association for Psychological Sciences, we took on a small pilot this summer to encourage instructors to edit Wikipedia. While we’ve successfully encouraged students to edit through our Classroom Program, their instructors tend to only improve student-written articles, rather than writing their own articles. One of the goals of … Continued
I’m excited to welcome Andrew Lih as the Wiki Education Foundation’s inaugural Summer Research Fellow. This month-long pilot is a case study for our Fellowship Program, in which we’ll host professors or graduate students to help us answer questions about our programmatic work. Andrew will be working from Wiki Ed’s Presidio offices in San … Continued
Sharp-eyed followers of our website may have noticed a new job on our careers page today for the Director of Programs, a title I’ve held since August. So what does it mean that we’re hiring for what seems to be my job? It means we’re splitting my job into two director-level positions. As Wiki Ed grows, so do our responsibilities, … Continued
Wiki Ed staff have been traveling to California and Oregon university campuses recently, presenting workshops on using Wikipedia as a teaching tool to faculty and librarians. More than 100 people attended our workshops to hear more about Wikipedia and the learning potentials for students if they participate in our program. Hosted by libraries at the … Continued
Four Wiki Ed staff attended the University of San Francisco library’s Art+Feminism edit-a-thon today during lunch, joining USF staff and students in creating and editing articles on women artists on Wikipedia that were missing or underdeveloped. The event was one of several happening this weekend all over the world to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women … Continued
I’m pleased to announce a new hire at the Wiki Education Foundation this week. Ryan McGrady will be the interim Classroom Program Manager this spring while Helaine Blumenthal is on maternity leave. Ryan earned a masters in digital media studies at Emerson College, and is completing his PhD dissertation with North Carolina State University on … Continued
Wiki Ed will be rolling out a new system for connecting volunteers and courses this week. As part of this shift, Wiki Ed will no longer accredit individual volunteers as Wikipedia Ambassadors. Instead of a complicated application process, we want to make supporting students more Wikipedia-like and open to anyone in the community. We want to … Continued
