{"id":32947,"date":"2022-11-03T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/?p=32947"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:54:37","slug":"wikipedia-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wikipedia-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia and Academia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Spring 2026 instructors: WikiEdu is accepting applications for courses on a rolling basis. <a href=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/teach-with-wikipedia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply now.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/Wikipedia-logo.png\" alt=\"Wikipedia logo with a globe made of puzzle pieces\" class=\"wp-image-32972\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a> is the go-to source for information for much of the world. However, few understand its inner workings, and even fewer still contribute to it, even though it&#8217;s an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It&#8217;s not an exaggeration to say that Wikipedia plays a central role in today&#8217;s information landscape. The English Wikipedia has more than 6 million articles, which might seem relatively complete. Impressive though this number may be, Wikipedia is a dynamic enterprise in need of constant updating and expansion. Nowhere is this more true than subjects related to historically marginalized and underrepresented populations, regions, and topic areas. You and your students can play a critical role in ensuring that Wikipedia is up-to-date, reliable, and above all, equitable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"wiki-education\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wiki Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/Wiki_Education_Foundation_logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"Wiki Edu, the logo of the Wiki Education Foundation\" class=\"wp-image-32968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/Wiki_Education_Foundation_logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/Wiki_Education_Foundation_logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/Wiki_Education_Foundation_logo.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia, enrich student learning, and build a more informed public. In Wiki Education\u2019s Wikipedia Student Program, college and university instructors assign students to write Wikipedia articles, empowering them to share knowledge with the world. Students research course-related topics that are missing or underrepresented, synthesize the available literature, and use our free tools and trainings to add the information to Wikipedia. Read this Fall 2025 post about <a href=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/15\/bringing-student-learning-outcomes-to-wikipedia\/\">Bringing student learning outcomes to Wikipedia.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"get-started-teaching-with-wikipedia\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get started teaching with Wikipedia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/teach-with-wikipedia\/\">Teach with Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sign up at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/dashboard.wikiedu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">dashboard.wikiedu.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>go through the self-led Orientation for New Instructors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>set up your course project for the semester<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll learn how you can work with Wiki Education to create meaningful assignments where your students make live edits to Wikipedia in a field relevant to your course. You&#8217;ll learn how the program works, and most of all, you&#8217;ll learn how you and your students can make a real difference in today&#8217;s dizzying information landscape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/teach-wikiedu-org-version-850.jpeg\" alt=\"image of instructors, student editors and wikipedia users\" class=\"wp-image-35548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/teach-wikiedu-org-version-850.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/teach-wikiedu-org-version-850-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/teach-wikiedu-org-version-850-768x595.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wooster\">Wooster faculty and student contributions to Wikipedia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of Wooster faculty have incorporated Wikipedia into their courses with articles written and edited by our own Wooster faculty and students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read Dr. Katie Holt&#8217;s blog post on Wiki Education for her goals and approaches to class assignments with Wikipedia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wiki-education wp-block-embed-wiki-education\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IQ89BZbh1C\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/blog\/2025\/11\/14\/comparing-wikipedia-traditional-encyclopedias-and-generative-ai-the-wikipedia-assignment-as-tool-for-student-information-literacies\/\">Comparing Wikipedia, Traditional Encyclopedias, and Generative AI: The Wikipedia Assignment as Tool for Student Information Literacies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Comparing Wikipedia, Traditional Encyclopedias, and Generative AI: The Wikipedia Assignment as Tool for Student Information Literacies&#8221; &#8212; Wiki Education\" src=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/blog\/2025\/11\/14\/comparing-wikipedia-traditional-encyclopedias-and-generative-ai-the-wikipedia-assignment-as-tool-for-student-information-literacies\/embed\/#?secret=kmwGVFtqdz#?secret=IQ89BZbh1C\" data-secret=\"IQ89BZbh1C\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spring of 2022, Wiki Edu&#8217;s blog featured Emma Schell, a chemistry major and student in Dr. Katie Holt&#8217;s <em>Modern Latin America<\/em> class who worked on several Wikipedia articles which focus on multi-racial artists and an Indigenous group in Guatemala. Read her reflection below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wiki-education wp-block-embed-wiki-education\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OH4VOI4Dxd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/23\/wooster-student-expands-wikipedias-coverage-of-latin-american-topics\/\">Wooster student expands Wikipedia&#8217;s coverage of Latin American topics<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Wooster student expands Wikipedia&#8217;s coverage of Latin American topics&#8221; &#8212; Wiki Education\" src=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/23\/wooster-student-expands-wikipedias-coverage-of-latin-american-topics\/embed\/#?secret=i7d6CrfZ0P#?secret=OH4VOI4Dxd\" data-secret=\"OH4VOI4Dxd\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Holt has authored many articles including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berkshire_Conference_of_Women_Historians_Book_Prize\" target=\"_blank\">The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerolin\" target=\"_blank\">Kerolin<\/a>, a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women&#8217;s Soccer League and for the Brazil national team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>other women players for the Brazilian national soccer team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Heather Fitz Gibbon&#8217;s <em>Contemporary Sociological Theory<\/em> class addressed women and scholars of color missing from Wikipedia. The articles edited and added include biography pages for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joan_Huber\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Huber<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_R._Wright_Jr.\" target=\"_blank\">Richard R. Wright Jr.<\/a>, and women presidents or vice presidents of the American Sociological Association <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_Laub_Coser\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Laub Coser<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cecilia_L._Ridgeway\" target=\"_blank\">Cecilia L. Ridgeway<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cynthia_Fuchs_Epstein\" target=\"_blank\">Cynthia Fuchs Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 id=\"our-guest-speaker\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Guest Speaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andr\u00e9s Vera<\/a>, Equity Outreach Coordinator from Wikiedu, was our guest speaker to showcase the impact of editing Wikipedia and how Wikiedu can guide and support faculty with student assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9s uses the Wikipedia Student Program\u2019s network of instructor advocates to encourage colleagues who teach courses related to race, gender, sexuality, disability, and other equity-related disciplines to teach with Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/andres-vera.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Andres Vera\" class=\"wp-image-32973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/andres-vera.jpg 500w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/andres-vera-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2022\/11\/andres-vera-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andres Vera, Equity Outreach Coordinator from Wikiedu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livewooster-my.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/g\/personal\/earmour_wooster_edu\/EU7sQqbf9QREvtpND_LQV-wB_m_ZwvPEOQlaYEfGLSng2A?e=5eEyBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the recording in Stream<\/a> of the session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring 2026 instructors: WikiEdu is accepting applications for courses on a rolling basis. Apply now. Wikipedia is the go-to source for information for much of the world. However, few understand its inner workings, and even fewer still contribute to it, even though it&#8217;s an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 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