Event Calendar

Thursday, March 27, 2025

The Wikipedia Assignment: How Students and Faculty Are Shaping Public Understanding of Linguistics

Start Date: 3/27/2025 1:00 PM EDT
End Date: 3/27/2025 2:00 PM EDT

Venue Name: Zoom


About the webinar

The ways we consume, produce, and share information are rapidly changing, and pedagogical approaches must evolve to meet these new challenges. Join our upcoming roundtable to hear from a panel of linguistics faculty who have adopted open pedagogical practice into their curricula with the Wikipedia assignment. Our speakers will explore the role Wikipedia can play in tackling many of the challenges facing higher education and share how faculty across the U.S. and Canada can integrate their own Wikipedia assignment with the free support of the nonprofit Wiki Education.

ASL-English interpretation will be provided.

Key takeaways

  • Hear directly from faculty who have incorporated a Wikipedia assignment into their courses, including their reflections on student learning outcomes, best practices, and why they recommend the assignment to other faculty.
  • Explore how Wikipedia coursework motivates students by empowering them to make far-reaching, real-world impact on knowledge equity.
  • Learn about the free digital support offered by Wiki Education for incorporating the assignment, including custom course plans, training modules, tools that track student work, subject-specific resources, and their staff support.

Wiki Education has supported more than 6,500 courses at more than 800 institutions, empowering over 130,000 students to add more than 100 million words to Wikipedia. Collectively, their work has been viewed billions of times. Join us on March 27 to discover how you and your students can be part of this impact!

Presenters:

  • Anna Lim, Boston University
  • Laurel Stvan, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Christine Schreyer, University of British Columbia
  • Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education