Welcome to the Global Education Update — a newsletter from the Wikimedia Foundation that
is distributed the first and third Tuesday of each month. Someone from our staff has
talked with you about our Global Education Program to bring Wikipedia into higher
education classrooms around the world, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on all of our
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Convening kicks off planning of Arabic Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation staff, including Global Education Program Director Frank Schulenburg,
traveled to the Middle East at the end of October to begin planning the expansion of the
Wikipedia Education Program to the Arab world. Assisted by regional advisor Adel Iskandar,
a professor from the U.S. Education Program pilot, the team met with professors and
Wikipedians in Qatar, Egypt, and Jordan. These meetings will inform the planning of the
Arabic Education Program, which will be launched in 2012. Read more about the Arabic
Wikipedia Convening held in Doha, Qatar.
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U of Toronto News covers Canada Education Program
The University of Toronto News published an article last week that explains the pilot
Wikipedia Education Program in Canada. Five courses at the University of Toronto are
participating in the pilot program this term. Kelly Rankin, the article's author,
interviews professors and students who are participating in the program this term, as well
as Education Program Advisor for Canada Jonathan Obar. Read the article.
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Wikipedia featured at ISSOTL conference
Wikipedia Global Education Program staff were on-hand at the International Society for the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week to talk
with interested professors about Wikipedia's use as a teaching tool in higher
education. Wikipedia had both a booth in the exhibit hall and a presentation slot where
staff Annie Lin and LiAnna Davis discussed results from the U.S. pilot program. Learn more
about the conference.
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Illinois State hosts workshop on U.S. Education Program
Dr. Shamira Gelbman, a professor who is participating in the U.S. Education Program this
term, and Mayuko Nakamura, her Campus Ambassador, are jointly leading a session on the
United States program for other faculty members at Illinois State University. Hosted by
the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology on campus, the event will explain how
other faculty members can use Wikipedia in their classrooms. Read more about the event.
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