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2015

Education/Newsletter/January_2015/Articles_of_interest_in_other_publications (English)

2014

Education/Newsletter/November 2014/Articles of interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/October 2014/Articles of interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/September 2014/Articles of interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/August 2014/Articles of interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/July 2014/Articles of interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/June 2014/Articles of interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/May 2014/Articles of interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/March 2014/Articles of Interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/February 2014/Articles of Interest in other publications (English)
Education/Newsletter/January 2014/Articles of Interest in other publications (English)

2013

Profile of Dr. Robert Connolly: Archaeology, Museums and Outreach, The University of Memphis Profiles (English)
John Stewart: Wikipedia in the Classroom, OU History of Science Collections (28 August 2013) (English)
Kendal Mitchell: Professor incorporates Wikipedia into course syllabus, UCLA Daily Bruin (28 May 2013) (English)
Juliana de Brito: Wikipédia quer universidades, Baguete Diário (24 May 2013) (Português)
Angela Chagas: Wikipédia aposta no professor para se tornar mais confiável no Brasil, Portal Terra (23 May 2013) (Português)
ClicRBS: UFRGS promove seminário sobre uso de ferramentas colaborativas na educação (23 May 2013) (Português)
UFRGS Notícias: Seminário debate Wikipédia como ferramenta de ensino (20 may 2013) (Português)
Juliana de Brito: Ufrgs sedia seminário sobre Wikipédia, Baguete Diário (15 may 2013) (Português)
Jimmy Wales: Jimmy Wales: Boring university lectures 'are doomed', BBC News (1 May 2013) (English)
Jessica Moore: Fringe benefits: Why Wikipedia is a great tool for both language learning and safeguarding minority languages, The Linguist (April/May 2013) (English)
Jakub Parusinski: Will Wikipedia replace the academic thesis?, GlobalPost (19 March 2013) (English)
Diana Lutz: A WUSTL undergraduate may have written that Wikipedia article you’re reading, Washington University St. Louis Newsroom (7 February 2013) (English)

2012

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry: ESF Student Contributes to Wikipedia as Part of Class Project. (13 December 2012) (English)
Geordon Omand: Meet the man with 130,000 Wikipedia edits, Maclean's (29 November 2012) (English)
Paul Rigg: New perspectives on ‘Reinventing Higher Education’, University World News (28 November 20212) (English)
Stela Campos: Universidades debatem o futuro do ensino, Valor (29 October 2012) (Português)
Nitika Tandon: Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University, Centre for Internet and Society (22 October 2012) (English)
Cathy Cockrell: Pedagogy of the obsessed: ‘Wikignome’ spreads the word, UC Berkeley News Center (16 October 2012) (English)
Dave Malicke: Wikipedia Education Program at U-M, Open Michigan (1 October 2012) (English)
Jonathan Obar: Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom, Huffington Post Canada (24 September 2012) (English)
Jonathan Obar: Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom, Read Write Web (20 September 2012) (English)
Jack Grove: Delete the Wiki worries and get close to the edit, Times Higher Education (20 September 2012) (English)
Leonardo Cazes: É tudo (in)verdade?, O Globo, (18 September 2012) (Português)
The Middletown Press: Parrish writes entries as part of Wikipedia project, The Middletown Press (6 September 2012) (English)
Youm7: Wikipedia program launched at Ain Shams University‪)‬انطلاق برنامج ويكيبيديا بجامعة عين شمس‪(‬ , (28 August 2012) (Arabic)
Kevin McCord: U. students write for Wikipedia instead of term papers, KSL (22 August 2012) (English)
LiAnna Davis: First Ever “Wikipedian of the Year” Motivated by HKS Course, Harvard Kennedy School News (22 August 2012) (English)
Charlotte Duren: U of U Professor Ditches Term Papers for Wikipedia Articles, KCPW (21 August 2012) (English)
Valoree Dowell: Who at the U Writes Wikipedia?, University of Utah News (20 August 2012) (English)
Habib M'henni: مؤتمر القاهرة، جويلية, Wikipedia Tunisie (30 July 2012) (Arabic)
Louise Brown: Wikipedia course gets students’ research online, The Toronto Star (23 July 2012) (English)
Portal Porvir: Wikipédia convoca professores para melhorar verbetes, Estadão (5 July 2012) (Português)
Rafael Sbarai: Com parceria acadêmica, Wikipédia quer mais brasileiros (2 June 2012) (Português)
Marion Strecker: Wikipédia prepara abertura de escritório no Brasil, Uol Notícias (24 May 2012) (Português)
Tina Loo: Wikipedia in the Classroom (15 May 2012) (English)
Neal Ungerleider: Wikipedia Goes to College, Fast Company (11 April 2012) (English)
مرفت عادل: تطوير ويكيبيديا العربية في جامعة عين شمس (The Egyptian conference in Al-Alsun Collage to enrich the Arabic content in Wikipedia), (8 April 2012) (Arabic)
Bernardín García: Crean alumnos del Tec artículos de investigación para Wikipedia, Talento Tec (9 April 2012) (Español)
Hirbohd Hedayat: Professors, students worldwide work to improve Wikipedia’s credibility by editing articles, The Daily Bruin (9 April 2012) (English)
Marco Aurélio Canônico: Wikipédia abrirá seu primeiro escritório no Brasil, Folha de São Paulo (2 April 2012) (Português)
Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due (26 March 2012) (English)
Ivan Martínez : El Mañanero (19 March 2012) (Español)
Adotta una Parola: Adotta una parola va a scuola, (13 March 2012) (Italiano)
Renara Igrejas: Universidades do RJ e SP revisam conteúdo da Wikipedia, Canção Nova Notícias, RJ (9 March 2012) (Português)
Lauro Neto: Wikipédia pede ajuda aos universitários, O Globo (4 March 2012) (Português)
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Novinky.cz: Do tvorby české Wikipedie se zapojují i studenti Univerzity Karlovy (Česky)
Franz Brotzen: Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities class blazes online trail, Rice News (1 March 2012)
Jourdyn Heilinger: Students tell OHIO's story on Wikipedia, Ohio University Compass (20 February 2012)
Charlie Osborne: Wikipedia expands through classroom assignments, ZDNet (16 February 2012)
Nina Curley: Wikipedia To Build Arabic Pages with Cairo Initiative, Wamda (16 February 2012)
Saabira Chaudhuri: Wikipedia looks to expand Arabic content via educational initiative, The Guardian (15 February 2012)
Agência FAPESP: Unesp é parceira da Wikipédia no Brasil, (10 February 2012)
Cínthia Leone: Unesp é primeira parceira da Wikipedia no Brasil, UNESP (8 February 2012)
Manal Sheikh: Wikipedia embraced in the classroom, The University of Calgary Gauntlet (2 February 2012)
Thiago Camelo: Wikipédia levada a sério, Ciência Hoje (1 February 2012)
Greta Munger, Dario Taraborelli: Scientists and Wikipedia, Science Online 2012 Conference (January 20, 2012)

2011

Scott Dobson-Mitchell: Why smart profs want students to use Wikipedia, Macleans.ca (21 December 2011)
Andrew Jeffrey: Wikipedia increasingly used as a teaching tool in university classrooms, Canadian University Press Newswire (9 December 2011)
Judith Coe: Wikipedia Global Education Program, University of Colorado Denver Center for Faculty Development Blog (6 December 2011)
Andrew Jeffrey: Increased use of Wikipedia as a teaching tool in classrooms, The University of Alberta Gateway (30 November 2011)
Nicole Jones: Colleges take a chance on Wikipedia, KALW News (29 November 2011)
Laura Cronin: Wikipedia goes to college, PhilanTopic (29 November 2011)
Tamara Baluja: Can you guess the top 10 digital tools in today’s classroom?, Toronto Globe & Mail (28 November 2011)
Maria Trujillo: Wikipedia and Higher Education – The Infinite Possibilities, University of British Columbia (25 November 2011)
Jason G. Goldman: Engaging Undergrads with Wikipedia, Scientific America (November 21, 2011)
Steve Kolowich: Sociology and Wikipedia, Inside Higher Ed (18 November 2011)
Jordan Press: Wikipedia makes push into classroom, Regina Leader-Post (12 November 2011)
Jordan Press: Wikipedia makes push into classroom, Star Phoenix (12 November 2011)
Lory Hough: Truce be told, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Fall 2011)
Miguel Acevedo: Wikipedia reaches out to university campuses, Rutgers Today (7 November 2011)
Jordan Press: Wikipedia pushes to join classrooms, Victoria Times Colonist (6 November 2012)
Jordan Press: Can Wiki be trusted in class?, Edmonton Journal (6 November 2011)
Jordan Press: Wikipedia gaining respect in places of higher learning, Vancouver Sun (5 November 2011)
Jordan Press: An open-sourced education: Wikipedia makes push to become staple of classroom lessons, Montreal Gazette (4 November 2011)
Jordan Press: An open-sourced education: Wikipedia makes push to become staple of classroom lessons, Canada.com (4 November 2011)
Kelly Rankin: Wikipedia goes to university, University of Toronto News (26 October 2011)
Kelsey Brannan: Wikipedia Education: Participatory Culture in the Age of Information, HASTAC blog (17 October 2011)
Ariel Zirulnick: International relations curriculum is not 'chalk and blackboard' anymore, Christian Science Monitor (13 October 2011)
Mike Cline: Wikipedia — a new way to volunteer, Montana Senior News (October/November 2011)
Sana Khan: It's Wikipedia season in India, Penn Olson (7 September 2011)
Padmaparna Ghosh: You can't copy-paste this homework, Times of India Crest Edition (10 September 2011)
Mathias Hamann: Studenten sollen die Wikipedia füllen, Spiegel Online (8 August 2011)
Eleanor Yang Su: Once-scorned Wikipedia now embraced in school, California Watch (9 August 2011)
Kim Davis: Wikipedia Extends Its Tentacles Into Schools, Internet Evolution (9 August 2011)
Alice Chan: Students post on Wikipedia for class projects, PSFK (10 August 2011)
Sakaal Times: 1,000 city students selected to write for Wikipedia (18 August 2011)
Vishwas Kothari: Editing Wiki is now part of CoEP's syllabi, Times of India (18 August 2011)
Daily News & Analysis: College of Engineering Pune students to co-author Wikipedia-India (22 August 2011)
Amruta Byatnal: Wikipedia to be promoted in educational institutions, The Hindu (11 July 2011)
Rohan Swamy: Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors pilot project to begin in Pune]', Indian Express (5 June 2011)
Amruta Byatnal: Wikimedia Foundation launches Campus Ambassadors Program in Pune, The Hindu (6 June 2011)
Sakaal Times: Wiki zeroes in on Pune for India pilot programme (6 June 2011)
Times of India: Online encyclopedia promotes itself as teaching-learning tool (7 June 2011)
Divya Mangwani: Now, you can also become Wikipedia's campus ambassador, Daily Bhaskar (29 May 2011)
Divya Mangwani: Become Wikipedia's campus ambassador, DNA (29 May 2011)

For the older, pre-Wikipedia Education Program coverage, see Public Policy Initiative media coverage.

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