Trying Something New: Faculty reflect on first time teaching with Wikipedia Teaching with Wikipedia for the first time can be a daunting prospect. Adopting any new pedagogical endeavor takes time, planning, and careful thought, and the Wikipedia assignment has the added co…

Last month's Speaker Series webinar featured faculty who recently taught with the Wikipedia assignment for the first time! Explore our recap to hear what worked well for them, what surprised them, and why they'll do it again — then register for our next webinar tomorrow, April 15! wp.me/p4LBez-EiX

"At its core, [Wikipedia] is a place for people to share verifiable information about things they love."  Hear directly from University of Alaska Anchorage student Kaelynn Ross on her big takeaways from the Wikipedia assignment: wikiedu.org/blog/2026/04...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Earth Day, Every Day: Preserving Biodiversity on Wikipedia. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. In celebration of Earth Day, our next Speaker Series will bring together a panel of scholars to explore how improving Wikipedia can illuminate the hidden corners of topics related to biodiversity. Wh...

Why is contributing to Wikipedia important for conservation? 🌏 Register to attend our webinar "Earth Day, Every Day: Preserving Biodiversity on Wikipedia" next Wednesday, April 15 to find out! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

7 courses, 96.6M pageviews: UC Berkeley professor’s Wikipedia assignments bring students far beyond classroom Each term, hundreds of postsecondary faculty across the U.S. and Canada launch Wikipedia assignments with a free suite of materials and support from our team at Wiki Education. While some are newco…

7 Wikipedia assignments later, and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's @radiorodriguez.bsky.social has more than proved that student work doesn't have to end at the professor's desk. Explore the impact students can make when a professor brings the project back term after term: wikiedu.org?p=154376

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Wiki Education is hiring! We're looking for a detail-oriented professional with experience in CRM data management and email marketing operations to join our team as Program Operations Specialist. Priority application deadline: April 13. Explore the position and application: wikiedu.org/careers/

Student expands Wikipedia’s coverage of Native American film history “The power of Wikipedia in shaping people’s awareness is so important because even the smallest bit of research can make a difference.” -Jamilah Thomas, senior, East Carolina University Consi…

Our Wikipedia Expert Brianda Felix was thrilled when a student at East Carolina University created a new Wikipedia article to help improve the encyclopedia's coverage of Native American film history. Explore the student's experience and Brianda's reflection on the project: wp.me/p4LBez-E5g

Reflecting on the Fall 2025 term for the Wikipedia Student Program Each term, Wiki Education lays down yet another layer of foundation to support an idea that took shape more than 15 years ago: Namely, that students (with the right support) can make high quality c…

In the fall 2025 academic term, Wiki Education supported 6,410 students as they edited Wikipedia as a class assignment. In this post, our program manager reflects on the term.
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Inside the Wikipedia Assignment: Student Perspectives “Knowledge gaps are just often pieces of information that haven’t become yet visible, so when we’re able to take it out of the invisible and share it with the public, I think that&#8217…

Last month's Speaker Series featured student perspectives on the Wikipedia assignment! Read the recap and register for tomorrow's webinar to hear reflections from faculty who recently ran their first Wikipedia assignment: wp.me/p4LBez-D26

Wiki Education welcomes members to the 2026 Humanities & Social Justice Advisory Committee As we move forward in the third year of our Knowledge Equity initiative, Wiki Education is proud to announce the seven educators who will serve on the 2026 Humanities & Social Justice Advisory …

Meet the seven members of our 2026 Humanities & Social Justice Advisory Committee! wikiedu.org/blog/2026/03...

A Family-Inspired Contribution: Student creates new article on gut microbiome Diego Fleury Mendible may have been the one to create Wikipedia’s new article on the estrobolome, a part of the human gut microbiome, but he’s quick to give credit to his inspiration for the projec…

“The learning modules encouraged being okay with scrutiny and changes in articles, and to me, that is the core of what Wikipedia is.”

Learn how Diego Fleury Mendible tackled creating a new article for his Wikipedia assignment at North Carolina State University: wikiedu.org/blog/2026/02...

Wiki Education's Brianda Felix and art history professor Kate Dimitrova are in Chicago for the College Art Association conference! If you're there or know someone who is, Brianda and Kate would love to connect at Wiki Education's booth.

Bad houseguests in ant nests: the social parasitism of Microdon mutabilis Picture a parasite. The animal you picture probably isn’t the same as what someone else does, it probably fits E.O. Wilson’s description: “predators that eat prey in units of less than one&#8…

Thanks to support from the Guru Krupa Foundation, students like Cornell University entomology major Saty Paynter-Tavares are expanding Wikipedia's coverage of STEM topics! Check out Saty's fantastic work: wikiedu.org/blog/2026/02...

Wikipedia at 25: Authority, Legitimacy, and the Future of Knowledge Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia launched with the ambitious idea that people around the world could collaboratively create the sum total of human knowledge. What began as a bold experiment has sin…

Unable to attend last month's Speaker Series celebration of Wikipedia's 25th anniversary? Catch up with our recap – then register to join our next webinar tomorrow, February 11: wikiedu.org/blog/2026/02...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Inside the Wikipedia Assignment: Student Perspectives. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. What’s it like to work on a Wikipedia assignment? Hear directly from the students themselves! In Wiki Education’s next Speaker Series webinar, student editors from across the country will join Wikipe...

What’s it like to work on a Wikipedia assignment? Hear directly from the students themselves at our next Speaker Series on Wednesday, February 11! Learn more and register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“Persistence pays off”: Biology student transforms Wikipedia’s coverage of marine scientist To say that biology student Christina Le reworked Wikipedia’s article about scientist Diane S. Littler last term would be quite the understatement.  A few months ago, the online encyclopedia offere…

Thanks to support from the Henry Luce Foundation, postsecondary students like recent graduate Christina Le are transforming Wikipedia's coverage of women in STEM! Explore Christina's impressive contributions made through her Wikipedia assignment: wp.me/p4LBez-zQh

Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025 Like many organizations, Wiki Education has grappled with generative AI, its impacts, opportunities, and threats, for several years. As an organization that runs large-scale programs to bring new e…

Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, we’ve been paying close attention to GenAI-created content and how it relates to Wikipedia. Explore Wiki Education's perspective on AI and what we learned in 2025: wp.me/p4LBez-zNO

Detective work: Student expands article on Mexican chemist When first-year college student Oskar Martinez sat down to edit the Wikipedia article about Mexican chemist Osvaldo Gutierrez, he wasn’t just working on an assignment — he was adding depth to a sto…

“It was like I was a detective finding information, and being able to find details was very rewarding.” Check out today's feature to discover why Oskar Martinez considered his Wikipedia assignment work an honor: wp.me/p4LBez-zKk Many thanks to Broadcom Foundation for supporting students like Oskar!

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Happy 25th birthday, Wikipedia! Wiki Education celebrated yesterday with a special Speaker Series webinar attended by hundreds worldwide, all gathering to reflect on our role in the knowledge ecosystem — and to explore what comes next for the free encyclopedia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPe...

“Wikipedia changed the game for all of us” As one of the most famous figures of the American Revolution, it’s no surprise that Paul Revere’s English Wikipedia article has existed for nearly as long as the online encyclopedia itself.  More s…

Before we kick off the new year with Wiki Education's next Speaker Series webinar tomorrow, we're looking back at December's program “When Experts Edit: Improving Wikipedia’s coverage of U.S. history," which featured historians and museum professionals from around the country: wp.me/p4LBez-zGh

Public impact, personal meaning: Inspiring future generations in STEM When a student editor in our Wikipedia Student Program sets out to improve a biography on Wikipedia, the possibilities of choice might seem endless. With more than 2 million biographies on the Engl…

“I felt a strong personal connection and responsibility to highlight Cintrón’s work. Contributing to her article allowed me to support and uplift a fellow scientist whose achievements deserve wider recognition.” Hear how Wikipedia assignments are resonating with students: wp.me/p4LBez-zDh

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If you've incorporated a Wikipedia assignment into your courses, these faces probably look familiar! Brianda and Helaine are in Toronto connecting with instructors at the #MLA26 convention — be sure to encourage your language faculty friends to stop by Wiki Education's booth and say hello.

Attending the Archaeological Institute of America and Society for Classical Studies joint conference in San Francisco this week? Stop by Wiki Education's booth to learn how a Wikipedia assignment will empower your students to make a real-world difference with their coursework! #AIASCS

Chemistry professor reflects on first Wikipedia assignment David Minh is the Robert E. Frey, Jr. Endowed Chair in Chemistry at Illinois Institute of Technology and the Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Biagon Inc.  Introduction This semester was t…

Chemistry professor David Minh just wrapped up his first Wikipedia assignment at Illinois Tech! Find out what motivated him to add the assignment to his course, how it went, and what his students said about their experiences: wp.me/p4LBez-x86

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Wikipedia at 25: Authority, Legitimacy, and the Future of Knowledge. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia launched with the ambitious idea that knowledge could be created collaboratively and shared freely with the world. Just a quarter century later, the online encyclopedi...

Wikipedia is turning 25! What have we learned about its role in our knowledge ecosystem — and what comes next? Join us on Wednesday, January 14 as our Speaker Series panel explores Wikipedia's growth, evolution, and relationship to traditional knowledge institutions: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Strengthening skills, building confidence: 6 questions with a student editor Michenael is a first-year student at Rutgers University-Newark. She plans to major in diagnostic medical imaging to become a sonographer. As part of her Wikipedia assignment in fall 2025, Michenael…

"[K]nowing that my edits helped create a more complete and accurate public resource makes me smile." What's it like to do a Wikipedia assignment? Hear firsthand from Michenael at Rutgers University-Newark: wp.me/p4LBez-v0N Many thanks to Broadcom Foundation for supporting this high-impact work!

Strengthening STEM on Wikipedia: Guru Krupa Foundation continues support for students As people increasingly rely on digital platforms to learn about the world, shape their views, and make informed decisions, the ongoing efforts to strengthen Wikipedia’s coverage of STEM topics have…

We're deeply grateful to the Guru Krupa Foundation for their commitment to advancing student learning and broadening public access to high-quality STEM information! wikiedu.org/blog/2025/12...

Wikipedia on the Tenure Track Jane Sancinito is Assistant Professor of History at University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is an ancient historian, focusing on merchants, artisans and working people in the Roman Empire, a numism…

"[M]y portfolio stands out because of the gamble I took on Wikipedia. I also know that by every metric available, that gamble has paid off, for me and, far more critically, for my students." Read why and how Dr. Sancinito included the Wikipedia assignment in her tenure narrative: wp.me/p4LBez-uU0

Frank Schulenburg joins World Literacy Foundation board Chico, California / Melbourne, Australia The World Literacy Foundation, a leading global non-profit dedicated to eradicating illiteracy, has appointed Frank Schulenburg, Executive Director of Wiki …

We're excited to share that Wiki Education's Executive Director Frank Schulenburg has joined the World Literacy Foundation's Board of Trustees. Learn more: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/12...

Professor, student reflect on Wikipedia assignment experience Jennifer Lynn Stoever is an Associate Professor of English at Binghamton University, Editor-in-Chief of Sounding Out!, and author of The Sonic Color Line (NYU Press). She is an interdisciplinary sc…

Real audiences, real impact! Binghamton University professor Jennifer Stoever and her former student Paris Defreitas come together to look back on their experiences with the Wikipedia assignment: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/12...