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This Month in Education

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • February 2023


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This February, Wiki Movimento Brasil (WMB) held the first meeting of Strategic Committee of the Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) that is being developed on Wikiversity. The organisation of the Strategic Committee aims to monitor, guide and supervise the creation of a course aimed at educators and those interested in the educational uses of Wikimedia projects. The initiative pretends to present, in a condensed and simplified way, information educators need to start using Wikimedia projects with their students. The expectation with these meetings is that the members of the Committee are going to contribute to the orientation, review, and approval of the content and structure of the course that is meant to be finished by July 2023. Read more…

We welcome submissions to the 10th edition of Wiki Workshop, which will take place virtually on May 11, 2023. Read more…

From the Wikimedia Mexico Education Program, we will carry out a series of activities with the aim of continuing to promote the collaborative spirit and culture of open access in education during thee Open Education Week. Read more…



Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira has received funding from the Wikimedia Foundation Alliance Fund to undertake a project that will enhance local history pages for use in New Zealand's new compulsory history curriculum, as well as train a cohort of student Wikipedia interns. Read more…

The Charles University and the Wikimedia ČR Klára Joklová confirmed their partnership and cooperation in the creation of Wikipedia by signing a memorandum. You can find out how the cooperation will work and what it includes in this article. Read more…

Since September 2022, WoALUG has created 4 wiki clubs with the support and collaborations of high schools in Elbasan and Tirana in Albania. Read more…



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