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Finding unexpected gaps in well-covered fields

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · 14d

Con B. Trumbull is an archivist, trainmaster, and after our editing course in partnership with the @aaslh.org, he's now a Wikipedian! Learn how Trumbull used his expertise and collections to uncover gaps in well-developed content areas: wp.me/p4LBez-s0I

Con B. Trumbull is the archivist and assistant trainmaster of the Nevada Northern Railway. Like many, my Wikipedia journey started as a casual user, quickly looking up facts and figures to answer a…

“This topic isn’t just academic to me; it’s lived experience.”

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · 21d

For neuroscientist Hari Srinivasan, his work isn’t only academic – it’s also informed by his lived experience. Explore how Srinivasan brought his expertise to improving Wikipedia's disability healthcare content in our editing course sponsored by the WITH Foundation: wp.me/p4LBez-rVZ

There’s no doubt that Hari Srinivasan’s professional credentials speak for themselves. As a neuroscience PhD student at Vanderbilt University, Srinivasan has written extensively for outlets like Ti…

Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · 26d

Before our next Speaker Series webinar (this Monday!), explore the recap of our panel discussion last month, "Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities": wp.me/p4LBez-rSh

There’s little doubt that generative AI chatbots built on large language models are reshaping how students approach research and writing – but what are the implications for high-impact, public-serv…

Improving Wikipedia’s U.S. history for the nation’s 250th birthday

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · 28d

Next year, the U.S. turns 250! To mark this milestone birthday, we've teamed up with the @aaslh.org to teach cultural heritage experts how to add their knowledge and collections to Wikipedia, enriching its coverage of U.S. history. Learn more: wp.me/p4LBez-rQB

Wiki Education has embarked on an exciting new project: “250 by 2026,” which will engage 250 cultural heritage practitioners in contributing to Wikipedia by July of 2026, the semiquincentennial of …

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Studying Impact: How does the Wikipedia assignment shape student learning?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webin...

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Sep 8

How does the Wikipedia assignment shape student learning — and how do we know? Join our next Speaker Series webinar on Monday, Sept. 15 at 12 pm Pacific / 3 pm Eastern to find out! Learn more and register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thousands of courses. Millions of words. Billions of page views. Through the Wikipedia assignment [teach.wikiedu.org], Wiki Education has supported more than 145,000 postsecondary students across th...

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WITH-sponsored editing courses expand disability content on Wikipedia

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks to the WITH Foundation's support and the efforts of two dedicated cohorts of editors, Wikipedia now offers more accurate and representative coverage of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Learn more: wp.me/p4LBez-rku

For millions of people around the globe, Wikipedia is the first stop in their search to better understand a topic. But what shapes public understanding, opinions, and even decision-making just as m…

Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities (August 2025 Speaker Series)

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Aug 29

Couldn't make it to our panel discussion on generative AI and the Wikipedia assignment? Catch up on YouTube! youtu.be/FaCXBLczmmc?...

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Aug 26

Speaker Series webinar starting soon! Join us as we kick off the new academic year with "Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities": us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

There’s little doubt that generative AI chatbots built on large language models are reshaping how students approach research and writing – but what are the implications for high-impact, public-serving...

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Participating in the course with Wiki Education changed my life."

On the eve of our new Speaker Series season, we're looking back at the four powerful perspectives shared in our June webinar – and the central message emphasized by all: wp.me/p4LBez-rdY

Gaps & Growth: Enhancing Latino/x/é and Latin American content on Wikipedia

To kick off the new academic year, Wiki Education’s Speaker Series will return tomorrow with the webinar “Gen AI and the Wikipedia Assignment: Challenges and Opportunities”! But before our next di…

Shedding light on little-known snakes

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Aug 22

Students studying snake biodiversity at Florida Gulf Coast University created 8 new Wikipedia articles and expanded 28 more about snake species that most people (and even scientists!) have never heard of — talk about contributing to public science knowledge! Read their story: wp.me/p4LBez-raS

Love them or fear them, snakes fascinate people. Given their popularity, you’d think a class working on snake biodiversity would find few opportunities to create new species articles. So I was surp…

Filling the gaps: Why my students work with Wikipedia

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Wikipedia offers a form of real-world action in a time when many of us feel stuck or powerless...It’s rewarding, it matters, and it’s work you can be proud of."
Learn what motivates Colby College Spanish professor @deanallbritton.bsky.social to run Wikipedia assignments: wp.me/p4LBez-r4L

Dean Allbritton is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Colby College, where he teaches courses on Spanish visual culture, illness, and gender and sexuality. He also serves as Director of the Cente…

Reflections on Spring 2025

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Aug 8

As the start of the academic year approaches, we're reflecting on our Student Program's spring 2025 term – not just the impressive impact metrics (135 million page views!), but the student learning outcomes, growth, and newfound motivation behind the big numbers: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/08...

With the new academic year on the horizon, we’re taking a moment to look back at the remarkable impact made by more than 6,600 student editors in our Wikipedia Student Program in spring 2025. Repre…

Support from Henry Luce Foundation to help fill gender gap in STEM

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jul 30

Exciting news! Thanks to a new grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, Wiki Education is expanding our work to empower higher education faculty and students to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in STEM. Read more: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/07...

It’s no secret that women’s achievements in STEM fields often go unrecognized, or are even attributed to their male colleagues. Gender gaps persist across society, from workplace culture to academi…

A high-impact, real-world assignment Take your students beyond the classroom with the Wikipedia assignment! You’ll bring your subject expertise, we’ll bring ours in Wikipedia, and together we’ll em…

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jul 28

Ready to empower your students to research and write for the world, not just you? Run a high-impact Wikipedia assignment with free support from Wiki Education!

Postsecondary instructors in the U.S. and Canada: Apply by August 10 for priority consideration for your fall courses: teach.wikiedu.org

Teach with Wikipedia

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jul 24

We can't wait to see what your students do next!

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jul 24

What’s next for Wiki Education? Explore highlights from our 2025–2026 Annual Plan: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/07...

Announcing the 2025-2026 Annual Plan

Each year, we develop and publish an annual plan that underscores our mission, reflects on the accomplishments and challenges of the previous fiscal year, and sets a course for the year ahead. Wiki…

Summarizing the Conversation: Empowering Students to Write and Disseminate Scholarly Literature Reviews via Wikipedia-Editing Assignments

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jul 21

Explore how Sacramento State's Rachel Miller approaches the Wikipedia assignment in her art history classroom, empowering students to make a real-world difference while simultaneously developing their research skills and improving their understanding of the field: wp.me/p4LBez-qhy

Rachel Miller, PhD is an associate professor of art history at California State University, Sacramento. When assigning art history research papers, a question from students that I always dread is “…

Open Pedagogy in Practice: An Academic Librarian’s Wikipedia Journey

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jul 11

When university librarian Kelly Omodt first started editing Wikipedia, she was hesitant to add or delete even a comma. Learn how Kelly made the leap to create a brand new article as a participant in our Wiki Scholars editing course: wp.me/p4LBez-qDg

What’s it like to learn to edit Wikipedia? Librarian Kelly Omodt at the University of Idaho Library reflects on her path from newcomer to contributor as a Wiki Scholars course participant. My…

From sensationalism to scholarship: Student transforms Wikipedia article on LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit in Tunisia

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jun 30

@rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social's Samantha Cote brought balance to Wikipedia's coverage of a Tunisian nonprofit that champions LGBTQ rights and sexual health. Find out how the political science student tackled the challenge: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/06...

For some students, choosing a Wikipedia article to improve can be a challenge, but for recent Rhode Island College graduate Samantha Cote, picking an article for her Wikipedia assignment was easy –…

“A breath of fresh air”: Computer science student reflects on Wikipedia assignment

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jun 26

"More teachers should be doing this with their students."

Find out why Wentworth Institute of Technology student Ja'Maira Goodwyn considered her Wikipedia assignment "a breath of fresh air": wikiedu.org/blog/2025/06... Many thanks to Broadcom Foundation for supporting this critical work!

Ja’Maira Goodwyn typically isn’t the biggest fan of English assignments. But when the computer science major enrolled in an English Composition course this spring, she was tasked with a new kind of…

This site is for the publicity of Melissa Joseph, soprano local Atlanta, Georgia opera singer.

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jun 23

Learn more about Melissa at her website: www.melissajosephsoprano.com

Melissa Joseph, soprano

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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jun 23

Alongside Melissa Joseph's outreach role at Wiki Education, she can be found performing on opera stages around the globe! Discover how she's balanced both professional worlds and used her voice to make a lasting impact: wp.me/p4LBez-pA4

Hitting the High Notes: Balancing Opera and Outreach at Wiki Education

Melissa Joseph is an outreach specialist at Wiki Education, where she leads strategic campaigns to connect scholars and scientists with opportunities to contribute to Wikipedia. With a background i…

Breaking generational ceilings: 8 questions with a student editor

Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · Jun 17

"This project felt like a reflection of the generational ceilings I am working to break."

In 8 powerful responses to our questions, Georgia Gwinnett College biology major Devani Rodriguez-Rangel shares insights from her Wikipedia assignment experience: wp.me/p4LBez-pwa

Biology major Devani Rodriguez-Rangel is a recent graduate of Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia. As part of her Wikipedia assignment, Devani improved the Wikipedia article focused …