Wiki Education

10/22/2026

Once a teen Wikipedia editor, history professor Alvin Khiêm Bùi now empowers his students at Brooklyn College to make their own contributions to the free encyclopedia. Read his reflection on how the Wikipedia Assignment sharpens skills that matter more than ever in the age of AI:

Alvin Khiêm Bùi is Assistant Professor of History of Asian Peoples in Diaspora at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Here he reflects on the interaction between editing and teaching wit…

10/19/2026

From the Yucatán Peninsula to the Guatemalan highlands, Mayan hip-hop artists are rapping about identity, migration, and cultural survival. Discover how two college students brought the modern music genre to Wikipedia:

When you think of Mayan languages, hip-hop music may not be the first thing that comes to mind. The modern music genre wasn’t on Eve d’Evegnee’s radar either, until she and her classmate foun…

10/13/2026

Wikipedia is one of the last free spaces for neutral, fact-based information — join a free editing workshop to learn how to improve it! Participants will fill gaps in coverage related to the midterm elections and their local communities. No prior editing experience needed: learn.wikiedu.org

10/06/2026

Check out the recap of last month's Speaker Series webinar "Wikipedia in the Age of AI", then register for our next event — this Thursday, Oct. 8!

On September 2, more than 300 attendees joined the latest edition of Wiki Education’s Speaker Series, which returned to a subject it first explored in August 2025: Wikipedia in the age of gen…

10/01/2026

70K new editors. 62.4 million words. 3.59 billion page views. What started as an ambitious one-year initiative became an incredible decade of Communicating Science on Wikipedia! Learn more, then register for next week's webinar to recognize this milestone:

Ten years ago, Wiki Education launched the Wikipedia Year of Science, the first large-scale campaign to involve US and Canadian higher education institutions in the efforts to improve Wikipedia con…

09/24/2026

Wiki Education is headed to Edmonton for WikiConference North America! Our team is presenting on AI and Wikipedia, successful partnerships, GLAM outreach, and 10 years since our Year of Science. Explore these upcoming sessions and what we shared at Wikimania in Paris this summer:

At Wiki Education, we care about making Wikipedia better. Part of this effort is through our own programmatic work to drive impact, but another piece is sharing our learnings with others in the Wik…

09/22/2026

"By replacing a traditional academic paper with a Wikipedia Assignment, my students were more focused on the foundational skills: critical thinking, scholarly research, and writing."

Murray State University's Antje Gamble on transforming student learning outcomes and engagement:

Dr. Antje Gamble is a professor of art history at Murray State University and president of the Italian Art Society. My journey teaching with the Wikipedia Assignment started in 2021 with the perfec…

09/21/2026

Only a few spots left in our free Wikipedia editing courses kicking off this Wednesday and Thursday! Sign up now to help inform voters and all readers by improving coverage of U.S. civics, democracy, and the midterm elections.

Meet on Wednesdays: https://wikiedu.org/courses/documenting-america-civics-and-democracy-4/

Meet on Thursdays: https://wikiedu.org/courses/documenting-america-civics-and-democracy-2/

In this 8-week course, subject-matter experts will improve Wikipedia’s content related to topics about US civics, elections, and democracy.

09/17/2026

Sign up by tomorrow, Friday Sept. 18 for a free, hands-on virtual course to learn to edit Wikipedia! Help improve public access to reliable information about U.S. civics, democracy, and the midterm elections with guidance from our expert instructors. Enroll now: learn.wikiedu.org

09/17/2026

A national day of history in public. Join Us Events will take place across libraries, parks, museums, and other civic spaces, featuring talks, facilitated discussions, teach-ins, programs, and community storytelling events. GET INVOLVED Events can be scheduled anytime between September 25-27. Submit...