Welcome to the Wikipedia Education Update — a newsletter from the Wikimedia Foundation
that is distributed the first and third Tuesday of each month. Someone from our staff has
talked with you about our Wikipedia Education Program to bring Wikipedia into higher
education classrooms around the world, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on all of our
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U.S. professor shares student experiences
Anne Nelson, a professor from Columbia University participating in the Wikipedia Education
Program United States, contributed a post to the Wikimedia Foundation blog last week on
her experiences with the program. Many of her students are English as a second language
learners, and she asked those students to contribute to Wikipedia in both their native
languages and English, leading to a unique multilingual learning experience for both Anne
and her students. Read more of her reflections on the project.
https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=8…
Spanish Wikipedia's art coverage grows thanks to professor
Lila Pagola, a professor at the National University of Villa María in Argentina, started
teaching with Wikipedia back in 2007. The lack of good information on the Spanish
Wikipedia on topics related to art, her specialty, spurred her to work with her students
to add articles on Latin American photography to Wikipedia, and she's been hard at
work using Wikipedia in her classroom ever since. Read about her project in Argentina.
https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=8…
Meet Ambassador Mike Cline!
Unless you're in Montana today, you won't be able to meet him in person, but do
check out the Wikimedia Foundation blog for a profile of Ambassador extraordinaire Mike
Cline. Mike, a longtime Wikipedia editor, is featured in a series of video profiles about
contributors to Wikipedia called "The Impact of Wikipedia" used as part of this
year's fundraiser. His post talks about his outdoor activities, including fishing and
the geography of Yellowstone National Park. Read the blog post about Mike.
https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=8…
Swedish program shares learnings
Sophie Österberg, the education program leader in Sweden, contributed a long post for the
Wikimedia Foundation blog talking about her experiences so far as she has been having
workshops with professors and launching the Wikipedia Education Program in Sweden,
Wikipedia i utbildning. Sophie's post explains some of the mistakes she has made, and
what she has learned from them. Her post encourages people worldwide to share learnings so
we can ensure we are not repeating mistakes in different geographic regions. Read her
post.
https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=8…
Farewell, Annie!
Annie Lin, who's been with the Wikipedia Education Program since its beginning in
2010, will be leaving the Wikimedia Foundation on February 22 to pursue other
opportunities. The entire Wikipedia Education Program team will miss her tremendously.
Annie is sad to leave, and she says she is very grateful to have had the opportunity to
work with so many brilliant, inspiring educators and volunteers. If you're curious
what she's moving on to, or just want to wish her farewell, leave her a message on her
talk page.
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