Highlights We kicked off our strategic planning process with an in-person meeting in San Francisco. Members of Wiki Ed’s board and senior staff met with a group of outside advisors. The strategic planning process will conclude in June 2015 and positions our organization to achieve its mission. In early March, Frank Schulenburg and Jami Mathewson … Continued
Each week we pick up on a course that has contributed interesting content to Wikipedia. This week, we’re looking at Dr. Amy Hughes’ “Theater History to 1642” course at CUNY Brooklyn. Student editors created a historical outline on the use of theater in academia. The oldest theatrical art form still performed today is based in Japan: Now you Noh. Learn … Continued
Students at the University of Arizona GeoClub made their first edits to Wikipedia as part of Wiki Ed’s program for high-achieving student clubs. The GeoClub is a graduate student group focused on geological sciences, studying subject areas such as tectonics, geochemisty, paleoclimate, mineralogy, and paleontology. Students at the University of Arizona have unique access to … Continued
Conor Zeer-Wanklyn had never edited Wikipedia. That changed in his fourth year at the University of Toronto, when Conor signed up for Dr. James Scott’s medical mycology course. Students in that class edited articles about fungi, and Conor expanded an article on Exophiala dermatitidis, “a freaky black mold that has caused fatal brain infections in … Continued
I’m pleased to share several Wiki Education Foundation Quarterly Reports. Every three months, Wiki Ed staff reflect on accomplishments, goals, and challenges. We publish notes and slides from these reports to share what we’ve learned with our stakeholders. We’ve recently published our Classroom Program and Educational Partnerships, Programs Strategy and Communications reviews. Our Classroom Program … Continued
When we think of planets, we may think of distant glimmering orbs suspended in the night time sky. Dr. Alex Webb’s Geology class, “The Evolution of Terrestrial Planets,” at Louisiana State University takes us closer to those celestial spheres, charting the geology and landscapes of planetary surfaces – particularly Venus. Because these student editors share … Continued
To wrap up WikiWomen’s history month, we’ve been highlighting articles about women that have been created or improved by student editors. This week, we’ll look at some biographies of notable women across multiple fields. From Dr. Tobias Higbie’s Working Class Movements class at UCLA, read about Katherine Phillips Edson, a Californian social activist who advocated for fair … Continued
If you’re excited by the possibilities of working with Wikipedia in your classroom, you can also peruse our materials for instructors and see many more examples of great student work Whether you’d like more information or feel ready to start, reach out to us at contact@wikiedu.org. We can help you come up with ideas that match your course goals … Continued
Highlights Wiki Ed signed partnership agreements with the National Women’s Studies Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Communication across the Curriculum at Louisiana State University. These partnerships help us target our outreach to course topics related to Wikipedia’s content gaps. During a planning sprint in Seattle, Sage and LiAnna laid the foundation for digital infrastructure … Continued
