Education/Newsletter/March 2023

This Month in Education

Volume 12 • Issue 3 • March 2023

Audio-seminar project of the Wikimedia Mexico Education Program

The Wikimedia Mexico Education Program carried out the Audio-seminar project once a month in the second semester of 2022, where the objective was to dialogue, debate and reflect on academic articles in relation to Wiki and non-Wiki projects and ideas. Read more…

Exploring How Wikipedia Works

Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Improving hearing health content in Brazil

In March 2023, Wiki Movimento Brasil supported a Wikipedia Workshop for almost 60 people at the 38th International Audiology Meeting. This event was part of a global initiative called #Wiki4WorldHearingDay2023 and we did our part in disseminating Wikipedia as an ally to knowledge focused on Audiology. The use of Wikimedia Projects for Educational purposes was also discussed in many scientific presentations at the event held in Florianópolis, Brazil. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Wikeys in the Albanian language

The Wikeys is a board game we have translated from Wikimedia France in Albanian. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Wikimedia Polska short report

November is long gone, but we want to share our experience of improving Wikipedia with very important topics such as anti-discrimination and global education. See what was happening in Warsaw and not only at the end of the year! Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Empowering Nigerian Female Artists: Through Art & Feminism Edith-A-Thon at KWASU Fan Club

The Edith-A-Thon for Nigerian Female Artists 2023 was held at Kwasu Wiki Fan Club with the Support of Art+Feminism. This campaign was focused on increasing and improving the existing Wikipedia articles on Nigerian Female Artists. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Florida graduate students complete Library History edit-a-thon for credit

University of South Florida graduate students participated in a week-long edit-a-thon, and got introduced to the ways of becoming active Wikipedians. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Media Literacy Portal to become a key resource for media education in Czech Libraries

Wikimedia CZ is continuing its work on media education run by organizing various events, where students are participating to enhance their knowledge based on Wikipedia's usage. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Wikimarathon is an opportunity to involve students and teachers in creating and editing articles in Wikipedia

Wikimedia Ukraine organized a traditional Wikimarathon in January this year to recruit new volunteers in the article writing process. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…

Wikimedia Serbia participated in the State Seminar of the The Mathematical Society of Serbia

The traditional winter state seminar of The Mathematical Society of Serbia, which is designed for teachers of mathematics and informatics in primary and secondary schools, was held on January 14 and January 15, 2023, at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. Nebojša Ratković, Education program manager of Wikimedia Serbia, gave a presentation on How can Wikipedia be used in mathematics and informatics classes. Learning more about Wikipedia in an online class discussion. Students find an article on a topic of interest to them, explore the History and Talk pages and view the profile of an editor. They write a summary of their findings to share in the class discussion.…