Wikipedia:Wiki Education Foundation/UO

Wikipedia belongs at the University of Oregon!

Wikipedia is the world’s go-to source of information, but gaps still persist!

Learn more about assigning your students to edit Wikipedia, with support from Wiki Education.

What can faculty do?

Enhance your teaching with the high-impact assignment professors have called “the most transformative assignment ever”!

By incorporating a Wikipedia assignment into your courses next quarter, you’ll empower your students to fill the gaps on Wikipedia and become knowledge producers, not just consumers. Learn more and get started today with Wiki Education’s free suite of support for faculty and their students at teach.wikiedu.org.

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What can students and staff do?

1. Encourage your professors and faculty colleagues to visit teach.wikiedu.org to learn how they can incorporate a Wikipedia assignment into their courses. By writing for the world instead of just their professor, students can share their work beyond the classroom and make a real difference on improving knowledge equity. Check out 3 things a UCLA student learned from her Wikipedia assignment!

2. Ready to fill gaps on Wikipedia? Get started today on your own campus! Create your Wikipedia account, use the tool “WikiShootMe” to discover which spots around your university are missing images, then take a photo on your phone and follow the instructions to upload it – you’re officially improving knowledge equity!‽

Live in or around Eugene, but not affiliated with the university? You can help improve Wikipedia's coverage of your own community!

Create your Wikipedia account, then use the tool “WikiShootMe” to see which areas of your town are missing images. Use your phone to take a photo of a missing location, then follow the instructions to upload it – thanks to you, others will have a better understanding of your community!