It’s time! WikiConference 2015 is this weekend at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Wiki Education Foundation staff are proud to be presenting several presentations this weekend, and a host of others will be led by participants in our programs. We’ve selected just a few most relevant to higher education to share below! Friday You … Continued
This week, the Wiki Education Foundation hosted an open house and poster session for about 60 OpenSym conference attendees. During the poster session, people mingled, traded ideas, and learned about research and practices from a variety of participants and attendees. Our Summer Fellow, Andrew Lih, and Wikipedia Content Expert Adam Hyland, also attended the conference. … Continued
When students edit Wikipedia, their approach can be as diverse as their topics. How do you organize a specific article? How do you find the best sources related to your field? To help students answer these questions, Wiki Ed has published subject-specific advice for students editing Wikipedia articles in a variety of academic fields. Now, … Continued
Highlights Wiki Ed welcomed two new staff in May, bringing our total to 13. Tom Porter has been hired as the Senior Manager of Development. Tom is responsible for securing financial support for our programmatic activities. We also officially welcomed Ryan McGrady, who had been serving as our interim Classroom Program Manager while Helaine Blumenthal … Continued
The Wikipedia Year of Science 2016 is an unprecedented initiative to improve Wikipedia’s science coverage. By connecting higher education classrooms to the publishing power of Wikipedia, Wiki Education is helping future scientists learn about science communication, while improving Wikipedia’s science coverage for millions of readers worldwide. Thanks to major support from Google and the Simons … Continued
The Association for Psychological Sciences was one of the first academic associations to see the potential for an initiative promoting the improvement of content on Wikipedia. In 2011, they kicked off their APS Wikipedia Initiative, and four years later, it’s still going strong. In May, Wiki Education Foundation staff attended the APS Annual Convention to … Continued
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
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
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
