Wikipedia Education Program

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Welcome to the hub for the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Education Program. The Wikipedia Education Program's vision is to mobilize and empower the next generation of human-knowledge generators to contribute to Wikimedia projects. Based on the learnings from the Public Policy Initiative, a pilot program to use Wikipedia in university classrooms in the 2010–11 academic year, the Wikipedia Education Program strives to expand Wikipedia's use as a teaching tool worldwide. Professors who participate in our program assign their students to edit Wikipedia articles as part of their coursework. Students are assisted by trained Wikipedia Ambassadors, who help both in the class and on wiki. Abhishek Suryawanshi is a Campus Ambassador in Pune, India. Current Programs Brazil A small pilot in Brazil has kicked off. Five professors have joined the program and there are five courses in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro universities participating of this pilot. Canada The Canada Education Program has been running for several semesters in multiple provinces. Egypt A pilot at two universities in Cairo will introduce students to Wikipedia editing. Italy In Italy Wikimedia Italia has realized various action in secondary schools for the 2011-2012. These initiatives are mainly located in Lombardia, Emilia Romagna and Toscana. In Lomabardia we are working with the local institution for public schools and we have organised a contest named "Autori in Wikipedia" (en., Editors in Wikipedia) where high-schools students can participate creating, translating or improving Wikipedia articles, more info on Italian Wikipedia. In Emilia Romagna, with the partnership of regional Department of tourism we have started the project "Adotta una parola va a scuola" (en., Adopt a world goes to school) where students both from primary and secondary schools choose a Wikipedia article regarding their local area (e.g. a local monument, a church, a park, a typical dish) and adopt the realative article improving and minting it, more info here. In Toscana we have partnered with the "Isituto degli Innocenti" and we are intervening in various schools with lectures (2 hours long) about Wikipedia. We also have a dedicated mailing list scuolawikimedia.it and you can subscribe here if interested. For further information about the scholastic initiatives of Wikimedia Italia you can write to: infowikimedia.it Mexico Campus Ambassadors assist students in-person. Programs involving student editing are in place at ITESM-Campus Ciudad de México and National Autonomous University of Mexico. Both campuses have student clubs and various programs for students to edit for credit. These include class assignments and social/community service credit for International Baccalaureate and undergraduate university students. Projects include article creation and translation (mostly English to Spanish) as well as organized events such as working with the Children's Museum of Indianapolis and articles related to the Festival Internacional Cervantino. Russia Program involving student editing is in place at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology since 2008. Previously ineffective tech. review-creation task was replaced with wikipedia articles creation and improvement. Several good and single featured article were also created by students as part of the program. The course of lectures and masterclasses "Wikipedia Inside: Theory, Methodology, Practice" at Open University of Skolkovo. Learn more about the course: w:ru:Проект:ОтУС. Video: http://community.sk.ru/otus/opuswiki/b/weblog/default.aspx United Kingdom The national chapter, Wikimedia UK, has been building contacts across the Higher Education sector and is looking to support university educational assignments. Contact martin.poulterwikimedia.org.uk for details. Interested academics, support staff or Wikipedians are invited to the EduWiki conference in September 2012. United States The U.S. Education Program is growing out of the work piloted by the Public Policy Initiative. More than 50 classes with Wikipedia components are participating in the spring 2012 term. India The Pune Pilot wrapped up in late 2011, and program leaders are evaluating program changes to make before launching a new pilot in mid-2012. Related Programs Austria Since 2011 Wikimedia Austria support a very small pilot named Wiwiwiki Organizational Behaviour of nine various courses on Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences. It is still expanding and attracting interest. Germany Inspired by the Wikipedia Education Program, the "Education + Knowledge" department of Wikimedia Deutschland is running a small pilot of five classes. These take place in various universities throughout the summer 2012 term as part of the broad efforts of "Education + Knowledge" on increasing participation in Wikimedia projects. Macedonia As part of the program called "Википедија на вашиот факултет" ("Wikipedia At Your Univeristy"), Wikimedia Macedonia has been holding courses on Macedonian universities (UKIM, EURM, SEEU, UTM) for the past two years and is still expanding and attracting interest and participation. Learn more about it at the program page at official website of Wikimedia Macedonia (in Macedonian). Czech Republic Czech Ambassador Program piloted in the winter term 2011/2012 with almost 100 participating students from two universities (Prague and Olomouc). Results were promising and the number of participating students is going to double in the upcoming summer term 2011/2012. We develop several different strategies in an effort to diversify and to gain experience. See also Wikipedia Education Program media coverage