Education/Newsletter/September 2026
 Sometimes, meaningful journeys begin with a simple connection. For the WikiRempah team, the journey to Ternate can be traced back to WikiNusantara Bogor 2024, a national conference where volunteers from different regions met, exchanged ideas, and built networks that have continued to grow ever since. WikiRempah is an initiative supported by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Rapid Funds and implemented in collaboration with communities mentored by Wikimedia Indonesia. Working together with local communities in different regions, WikiRempah develops a range of activities, including documenting historical sites, expanding articles and entries, and recording local dialects. Read more…  As part of a historical documentation journey on Bacan Island, the WikiRempah team conducted a Wikimedia Commons training program for students from Universitas Nurul Hasan Bacan (UNSAN). Despite facing challenges regarding limited electricity supplies in the field, the students remained enthusiastic about learning open knowledge management and documenting their region's cultural heritage. Read more…  When reading educational resources shared by the Wikimedia community, I often think about how they could help teachers in Albania. Some teachers want to explore new ways of teaching and find reliable resources, but need guidance on where to begin. This was one of the reasons I decided to translate the EduWiki Newcomer’s Starter Kit into Albanian. Read more…  The WikiRempah team conducted a field documentation expedition in West Halmahera to record the rich history, architecture, and cultural heritage of the Nusantara Spice Route. In collaboration with the West Halmahera Regency Education and Culture Office and the Sultanate of Jailolo, this documentation initiative aims to expand open access to knowledge regarding the history of the Spice Route in North Maluku. Read more… .png) WikiClub Tech-OKI IIITH is launching Road to Open Source, a credit-bearing elective that brings Wikimedia and Ubuntu contribution and open source into Indian engineering colleges. Built with Ubuntu and supported by FOSS United, it lets students earn academic credit [NEP] for real contributions to the Wikimedia ecosystem. Read more…  The 2026 OKI Summer Internship brought together 140 students representing 14 Indian languages for a 45-day collaborative project. Under the guidance of mentors and subject matter experts, the interns engaged in a structured workflow combining practical training with knowledge creation. Read more…  The Wiki Club of St Aloysius (Deemed to be) University, Mangaluru, participated in the Heritage Across Borders multilingual Wikipedia edit-a-thon from 15 to 24 August 2026, following a pre-event training workshop organised on 14 August. Students contributed to Kannada and Tulu Wikipedia. Read more…  As the newest Wikimedia-affiliated student community in the Philippines supported by PhilWiki Community, the CSPC Wiki Club joins an expanding network of campus and school-based Wiki Clubs working to bring free knowledge closer to Filipino learners. The launch of the club forms part of PhilWiki Community’s Youth & Campus Wiki Programs, which seek to strengthen student participation in the Wikimedia movement by creating spaces where young volunteers can learn, collaborate, and gradually take on leadership roles. Read more…
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 From 11 to 13 September 2026, Wikimedia MKD organized Wiki Camp and Wiki Team Building 2026 at Metropol Lake Resort in Ohrid, bringing together more than 40 participants. For the first time, the two annual activities were held as one joint event, combining Wikipedia editing, educational sessions and community-building activities. Read more… .jpg) With the objective of integrating open knowledge creation and Wikimedia skills development with academics, IIITH-OKI team member, Subodh Kulkarni worked with Goa University faculty to design Syllabus for Metadata and Open Knowledge Database: Theory and Practice for the Masters in Library and Information Science Programme at Goa University during the year 2026–27. OKI is collaborating with the university to develop resources, educational practices and assessment processes. Read more… Organizing training in remote areas certainly requires more thorough preparation than training in urban areas. As you can imagine, organizers must ensure electronic devices have fully charged batteries or, if a generator is used, that it is fueled. It all began with the desire to explore historical sites on Bacan Island, South Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia. We are part of the WikiRempah team, an initiative dedicated to documenting historical and cultural heritage. Read more…  The Wiki Club of St Aloysius (Deemed to be) University, Mangaluru, celebrated the 10th Anniversary of Tulu Wikipedia on 7 August 2026 with students and faculty members. The celebration included a Tulu Wikipedia edit-a-thon, giving students practical experience in researching, writing, and improving Tulu-language content. The event highlighted the importance of digital preservation of Tulu language, culture, and heritage while reaffirming the Wiki Club’s commitment to multilingual open knowledge. Read more… ,_Niter%C3%B3i,_2026_10.jpg) Since September is the month of Wiki Loves Monuments in Brazil, the WMB team promoted photo walks and did workshops about Wikimedia Commons with some education partners. Check below which educational activities happened in Brazil over the last month. Read more…  Wikimedia UK partners with Thoughtful to provide an online teacher training course in critical thinking, media literacy and open knowledge. Read more… A personal learning story about discovering Sundanese script in Bandung, participating in the Festival Tunas Bahasa Ibu, and finding new meaning in cultural documentation through Wikipedia. The article reflects on how open digital knowledge can make a local writing tradition visible to new learners, while examples from Bali and Yogyakarta show how traditional scripts can also become part of everyday public spaces. Read more…  The Language Diversity Hub is an initiative that brings together Wikimedia communities working on indigenous and underrepresented languages to share tools, strategies, and challenges in language preservation through open knowledge. Read more…  A Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand has developed a hands-on learning tool to help people determine what features make Wikipedia content trustworthy. Read more…
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