Education/Newsletter/November 2023
 We want to share the news about the 4th WikiUNAM Editathon, an event that brought together teachers, students, researchers, researchers and people passionate about free knowledge, on October 24 at the UNAM Center for Teacher Training and Professionalization (Centro de Formación y Profesionalización Docente). Read more…  Greetings EduWikimedians! We are excited to introduce the EduWiki Nigeria Community - an eclectic team of certified trainers, volunteers, educators, students, and professionals. Our drive?To effectively integrate Wikipedia into Nigeria's Primary and Secondary educational system, while encouraging a community focused on knowledge exchange, skill development, and lifelong learning. Read more…  At its 3rd general assembly hosted by Shahid Beheshti University, the Union of Iranian Student Associations of History was introduced to Wikipedia's open access knowledge platform and its Education Program aimed at increasing Persian language content. Following vibrant discussions between the university's experienced Wikipedia editing community and secretaries of associations regarding quality control and scholarly standards, the majority expressed readiness to launch local Wikipedia education initiatives with editor support. This marks meaningful progress in involving more academic institutions into Wikipedia's open knowledge mission to mutually benefit both the participatory Persian Wikipedia resource and Iran's next generation of historians and academics through impactful exchanges. Read more…  Wikeys, the board game for the 12 years old and on, celebrates its first birthday. In a playful way, the game explains the operating rules of Wikipedia. The game is now available online and translated into over 6 languages. Here's a review of its first year. Read more…  Wikipedia is being used to teach research methodology and encyclopedic writing skills in History major at Shahid Beheshti University in Iran during the current academic semester in November 2023. The program aims to increase students' research and writing skills while raising awareness of the Wikimedia movement to improve several History articles by the end of the semester. Read more…  The Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program was organized in Djougoug where 60 teachers were trained. The goal is to improve how teachers and students use Wikipedia, making it a helpful tool for learning, and also to bring more knowledge and technology to French-speaking West African countries. Read more…
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.jpg) This month Wiki Movimento Brasil's highlight was the Wikipedia edit-a-thon held with Master Students in Human Communication Health at the Faculty of Medical Sciences Santa Casa de São Paulo. Read more… Seniors Writing Wikipedia in Czech Republic have a brand new oportunity to extend their knowledge in Wikipedia writing: Evening Wikischool. Read more…  With the commencement of the new school year 2023-2024 in Albania, Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group continued sharing Wikipedia knowledge and collaboration with schools in Albania. Read more… The Wikimedia Levant recently conducted a training series aimed at strengthening the Wikimedia projects by bringing together students from various global universities. The series comprising workshops and discussions were held from June to September and a total of 26 trainees from diverse backgrounds contributed to the success of this series Read more…  KIWIX serves as a complementary service to education by providing offline educational materials. As a Kiwix Ambassador in Nigeria, and in partnership with Open Foundation West Africa (OFWA), the Kiwix4Schools app was recently launched in Federal Government Boys College Garki (FGBC) Wuye Campus, Abuja. Read more…  Tyap-speaking lecturers and students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and other neighboring institutions were present in the outreach event organized by the Tyap Wikimedians User Group in collaboration with the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group. They were taught how to create Wikipedia user accounts and introduced to editing on Wikimedia Foundation projects like Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. It also had non-native speakers of Tyap present. The mission was to promote the writing of Tyap online using Wikimedia Foundation's platforms and establish an editing hub in Zaria for the Tyap Wikimedians. Read more…
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