Illustration and notes featuring panelists during a previous Speaker Series webinar.
Illustrated notes featuring speakers in a previous Speaker Series webinar by Dr. Jojo Karlin. All rights reserved.

Join Wiki Education as we bring together experts in Wikimedia and open knowledge for lively discussions of topics relevant to our communities. Wiki Education hosts regular, Zoom-based conversations, and you’re encouraged to take part! Sign up for any topics that are of interest to you, and join as our panelists share their thoughts, moderated by a Wiki Education staff member.

Upcoming events

Studying Impact: How does the Wikipedia assignment shape student learning?

Monday, September 15, 2025
12 pm Pacific / 3 pm Eastern

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Thousands of courses. Millions of words. Billions of page views. 

Through the Wikipedia assignment, Wiki Education has supported more than 145,000 postsecondary students across the U.S. and Canada to expand public access to reliable information worldwide — leaving a powerful mark on the open-access knowledge landscape.

But what kind of impact does learning to edit Wikipedia have on the students themselves — and how do we know?

Join Wiki Education for an online panel featuring researchers who have studied the student learning outcomes from the Wikipedia assignment! In this one-hour webinar, we’ll examine the broader literature, discover what the panelists’ own findings revealed, and discuss the research questions left to explore.

Panelists:

  • Ariella Rotramel, Connecticut College
  • Chelsea Gardner, Acadia University
  • Malavika Shetty, Boston University
  • Matthew Vetter, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

This edition of the Wiki Education Speaker Series will be moderated by Sage Ross, Wiki Education’s Chief Technology Officer.

The program will include a public Q&A. We invite you to bring questions for the panelists!

Past events

Speaker Series events are recorded and available on Wiki Education’s YouTube channel: