EduWiki Conference 2025/Program
Bogotá, Colombia
May 30 - June 1, 2025
Thursday
For those arriving to Bogotá in the morning or afternoon on Thursday, please join us at the hotel for a welcome dinner at 7 pm on the 17th floor! Registration will also be open between 6 and 7 pm that evening on the 17th floor to pick up your badge.
Friday
Opening Session
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 09:00 - 10:30
- Housekeeping
- Welcome from Wikimedia Colombia (Bernardo Caycedo, WM-CO)
- Let's talk about you! (Ziko van Dijk, EduWiki COT)
- A Multi-generational strategy: Making Wikimedia projects accessible in perpetuity (Jorge Vargas, WMF)
- Why Education is Key to the Future of Wikimedia (LiAnna Davis, EduWiki COT)
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Reading and Writing Wikipedia: the adaptation in Colombia of "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom"
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:00 - 11:20
- Manuel Franco-Avellaneda
- Mónica Bonilla-Parra
Beyond Wikimedia Grants: Unlocking New Grants for Wiki Ideas
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:20 - 11:50
- Armen Mirzoyan
Wikikasi: what we learnt trying to make wikimedia-powered full didactic-units
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:50 - 12:00
- Galder (Theklan)
Lightning talks #1
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 12:00 - 12:30
- José Reyes (WMMX)
- Nebojša Ratković
- Pavanaja U B
- Flávia Florentino Varella
- Florencia Claes -URJC - InnovaWiki
- Dian (WMID)
Wikidata for Education for a Country
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 11:00 - 11:20
- Dnshitobu
- Owula kpakpo
Equipping Computer skills and Problem-Solving skills (Board Games) to local schools
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 11:20 - 11:40
- Husseyn Issa
Wikimedia Ukraine for educators and scholars: community support and innovation in times of war
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 11:40 - 12:00
- Mariana Senkiv
Communiversity & Wikimedia: How Wiki projects can help the academia be more community-engaged
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 12:00 - 12:15
- Ahmad Ali Karim
Community Projects: how to strengthen and build new communities in educational spaces
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 12:15 - 12:30
- Luisina Ferrante (WMAR)
- Florencia Guastavino (WMAR)
Capacity Exchange — Unlocking Potential to Build, Exchange, and Grow
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 11:00 - 11:50
- Rita - CapX Outreach Facilitator
- Nivas - CapX Outreach Facilitator
Enhancing Peer Learning in Wikimedia Educational Programs: The Let's Connect Model
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 11:50 - 12:30
- Justice Okai-Allotey Let’s Connect Liaison Sub-Saharan Africa
- Bukola James, Let’s Connect Liaison Sub-Saharan Africa
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Creating MOOCs on Wikiversidade: Lessons from Brazilian Health Education Initiatives
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 14:00 - 14:35
- Hector Gabriel Corrale de Matos
- Fernanda Zucki
- Lilian Cássia Bornia Jacob
Healthcare translation as a student project
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 14:35 - 15:05
- James Heilman (Doc James)
Decreasing use of Wikipedia's medical articles: What it means for healthcare professionals
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 15:05 - 15:20
- Athikhun Suwannakhan
Using AI on Wikipedia and Wikidata Editing for Health Education: Implementation and Evaluation
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 15:20 - 15:30
- Hector Gabriel Corrale de Matos
- Jan-Willem Wasmann
- Lilian Cássia Bornia Jacob
Wiki Education for climate action
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 14:00 - 14:45
- Evelin Heidel
- Luisina Ferrante
- Olga Paredes
- Julián Cueto
Strategic Dancing: Building Wiki Partnerships Across Campus
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 14:45 - 15:50
- Richard Knipel (User:Pharos)
- Lucie Schubert (WMCZ)
Beyond Basics: Advanced PetScan Techniques for Identifying Gaps and Improving Wikipedia Articles
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 14:00 - 15:30
- Mohammad Hijjawi
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Ikusgela: how we made 170 free education videos for Wikipedia
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 16:00 - 16:20
- Aiora and Galder
How we created an online Wikipedia basic editing course for Indonesian newcomers
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 16:00 - 16:20
- Dian (WMID)
A collaborative effort between librarian and teacher using Wikipedia as an educational resource
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 16:00 - 16:20
- Lilian Viana
Saturday
Future of EduWiki
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 09:00 - 10:45
- Level-setting: 15 minutes
- Breakouts into Working groups: 60 minutes
- Report back to whole group: 30 minutes
- Led by: Bukola James, Jessica Stephenson, Sailesh Patnaik
Break
10:45 - 11:15
Learnings from the virtual course “Artificial Intelligence and its challenges in education”
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:15 - 11:30
- Florencia Guastavino (WMAR)
- Luisina Ferrante (WMAR)
Exploring RAG-Driven Wiki Edit Preparation Early Insights, Challenges, and Potential
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:30 - 11:45
- Jackeline Bucio García
Integrating Generative AI in Wikipedia Classrooms: Ethical, Practical, and Educational Insights
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:45 - 12:00
- Mohammad Hijjawi
Lightning talks #2
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 12:00 - 12:30
- User: Brianda (Wiki Ed)
- Florencia Guastavino (WMAR)
- Hector Gabriel Corrale de Matos, Rafael Ghidini, Túllio Morais Franca, Lilian Cássia Bornia Jacob
- Akbar Ali
- Julian Cueto; Barbara Navazo; Miguel A. Zubimendi; Matías L. Giglio; Marien Béguelin
- Evelin Heidel, Luisina Ferrante, Olga Paredes, Julián Cueto
Rethinking Pedagogy when students say 'No': Wikipedia as a method, not Just a platform
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 11:15 - 11:40
- Patricio Romero Yunge - Director of Digital Literacy and Education - Wikimedia Chile
Finding knowledge gaps for your education program
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 11:40 - 12:30
- Netha Hussain
- Ziko van Dijk
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Introducing new tools to ease your wiki work
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 11:15 - 11:50
- Shreya
Crafting Impactful Education Newsletters: Engage, Inform, Inspire
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 11:50 - 12:30
- Bukola James
- ZI Jony
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
- WikiWomen: Join us for a special WikiWomen's Lunch! Food will be served in the Guadalupe Room.
Lightning talks #3
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 14:00 - 15:00
- Florencia Claes; Lizette Martínez Valerio
- Thais C Morata; Lilian Jacob, Fernanda Zucki; Hector GC de Matos
- Akbar Ali
- Irvin Sto. Tomas
- Shreya Dwivedi
- Alexander Hilsenbeck Filho
- Ballardmaize
- Oby Ezeilo, Bukola James
- Jonathan Jiménez Salazar
- Anup Sadi
- Helaine Blumenthal
- Ziko van Dijk
Wiki and OER: Reusing and Remixing Creative Commons Licensed Content for Education
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 14:00 - 15:00
- Shanna Hollich
Tips & Tricks for the Programs & Events Dashboard
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 14:00 - 15:00
- LiAnna Davis
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Break
16:15 - 17:00
Buses depart from hotel lobby for museum tour and dinner promptly at 5 pm! Please be in the lobby 5-10 minutes before 5 pm.
17:00 - end:
Sunday
Day 3 opening: "Young Voices, Future Visions: Youth and Wikimedia"
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 09:30 - 11:00
- Participants: Başak Tosun, Juan Sebastian Quintero Santacruz, Lucie Schubert, Shreya, Ziko van Dijk
Break
11:00 - 11:30
Scientific research groups and Wikiversity
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:30 - 11:45
- Alexander Hilsenbeck Filho
Information literacy skills of a conspiracy theorist?... The case for an inclusive approach
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 11:45 - 12:00
- Daria Cybulska (WMUK)
Lightning talks #4
Monserrate Room (17th floor) 12:00 - 12:30
- Ruby D-Brown
- Rita Maliqi
- Guillotinado
- Florencia Claes - InnovaWiki URJC
- Flávia Florentino Varella
- Melissa Tamani
Ensuring Quality While Expanding Quantity: How to effectively scale your education program
Guadalupe Room (17th floor) 11:30 - 12:30
- Helaine Blumenthal
- Brianda Felix
How to present Wikipedia in schools and universities
Golfistas 1 Room (3rd floor) 11:30 - 12:30
- Ziko van Dijk
- Bukola James
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00