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
Fan signs are an honored tradition in the weekly College GameDay football pre-game show on ESPN. Today’s Yale vs. Harvard matchup featured a sign that got a lot of traction on social media and the college football blogosphere: “Yale Cites Wikipedia“. As the organization that bridges Wikipedia and academia, we agree with the sentiment of … Continued
I am pleased to announce the hire of two new staff members. Helaine Blumenthal is the new Classroom Program Manager and Eryk Salvaggio is the new Communications Associate. Both joined the Programs team on September 29. Helaine, a native New Yorker, completed her PhD in European and Jewish history at UC Berkeley in 2012. She … Continued
We’re back from an amazing trip to London! Last week, four Wiki Education Foundation staff and three board members were in the thick of the global Wikimedia community at the annual Wikimania conference. This year Wikimania had a strong focus on education, and it drew large crowds of people from all over the world who were interested … Continued
