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Contributing to Wikipedia as homework: The Wikipedia Education Program[edit]
The Wikipedia Education Program has a simple premise: Professors assign their students to contribute to Wikipedia as part of their coursework. These contributions can take many forms: writing articles, translating articles from one language Wikipedia to another, and adding photos, videos, or illustrations to articles, among others.
These programs, which are run by Wikimedia chapters, volunteers, and Wikimedia Foundation, exist in more than 25 countries worldwide, and resources are available in many languages to support professors and students. For many students, the Wikipedia Education Program is their first chance to have a real-world impact through their school assignments.
The video above discusses the impact one such student in the United States program has had, but many more stories exist. Interested in learning more? Visit http://education.wikimedia.org.