In honor of British Columbia Day, check out this article on Hells Gate, a popular natural tourist attraction in British Columbia. Student editors Danilar, Alexwarren89, Alkleff, AnastasiaU., and Eye101 significantly expanded the stub article during the spring 2012 term for Dr. Tina Loo’s North American Environmental History course at the University of British Columbia. Since their great improvement, 48,000 readers have … Continued
In July of 1869, Donaldina Cameron was born. She would go on to be known as the “Angry Angel of Chinatown” for rescuing more than 3,000 Chinese immigrant girls and women from indentured servitude in San Francisco. Read more about her in this article expanded by User:Hughesax from Dr. Marilynn Johnson’s spring 2013 course about the history of the American West … Continued
At Rice University, students pursuing a minor in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities (PJHC) are required to take two core classes—each of which now has a Wikipedia component. Julika Kaplan, who just graduated with the minor alongside her major in Philosophy, thus had the opportunity to create two new Wikipedia articles as part of her … Continued
In honor of Canada Day, we wanted to showcase some of the great work Canadian student editors in the Wikipedia Education Program’s classroom program have done to expand Wikipedia’s coverage of their country. During the fall 2011 term, student editors in two different courses at the University of Toronto worked together to improve the article about … Continued
Download this RfP as a PDF About Wiki Education Foundation We’re a nonprofit that brings together the worlds of Wikipedia and academia. Our main project currently is the Classroom Program, which helps university professors to run effective Wikipedia editing assignments in their courses. The basic concept is that professors assign students to improve Wikipedia articles … Continued
At Brooklyn College, students in Dr. Amy Hughes’ Theater History course learn about drama and theatrical production from Ancient Greece to the present. Over the course of two terms, they develop knowledge about plays, artists, and aesthetic styles that they can utilize in their careers as directors, designers, managers, and critics. Ashley Birdsell, a Performing Arts Management … Continued
Last weekend, the Wiki Education Foundation’s LiAnna Davis, Jami Mathewson, and Frank Schulenburg traveled to New York City to attend the first WikiConference USA. The event was an opportunity for about 150 Wikimedians from around the United States to gather and discuss programmatic activities happening all around the country. We participated in four talks during … Continued
