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This Month in Education

Volume 12 • Issue 7 • September 2023


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The 18th edition of the Wikimania 2023 conference took place from August 16 to 19 at the Suntec Convention and Exhibition Center in Singapore, bringing together over 3,000 delegates from 138 countries all over the world to honor the Wikimedians and volunteers who contribute to the Wikipedia project. Read more…

The promotion of Wikimedia projects in the field of education aims to actively engage pupils, students, teachers in colleges and universities, as well as librarians in French-speaking West African countries. Read more…

After eight months of hard work, Wiki Movimento Brasil finally launched WikiConecta, a MOOC developed entirely at Wikiversity. It is a free online course, designed to be carried out asynchronously and independently, with the aim of training educators to use Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia Projects, as pedagogical tools in university extension courses. Read more…



On 20th July 2023, Code for Africa's Wikimedian-in-Residence series explored "Amplifying your WikiEducation programs through letters." Facilitated by Bukola James and featuring Ruby Brown of Open Foundation West Africa, the webinar attracted 28 participants from diverse African nations and beyond. The session aimed to elucidate the concept of 'Edu-Wiki' and the significance of the EduWiki Newsletter in the Wikimedia community. Read more…

Empowering African students through knowledge sharing : 5 editions of the writing contest Read more…

Wikimedia Germany launches an interactive event series for practitioners, scientists and politicians to develop political recommendations for open source AI tools in education. Read more…



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