Wiki Education
For General Operating Support
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Amount$700,000
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Program
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Date Awarded5/23/2024
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Term18.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Wiki Education is a nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes faculty and student contributions to Wikipedia in academic learning contexts. The organization uses Wikipedia-based assignments to cultivate deeper learning in students, expand the public’s access to open knowledge and content, and improve Wikipedia’s specific content coverage, enabling educators to engage students in real-world educational experiences through the effective use of open educational resources. Wiki Education is actively working to involve a greater number and diversity of instructors, students, and subject-matter experts as authors and editors of Wikipedia, and to ensure that student learning from Wikipedia-based assignments is accessible to diverse participants. (Substrategy: Content, Tools, and Services)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.wikiedu.org
Address
341 Broadway Street, Suite 408, Chico, CA, 95928, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Wiki Education is a nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes faculty and student contributions to Wikipedia in academic learning contexts. The organization uses Wikipedia-based assignments to cultivate deeper learning in students, expand the public’s access to open knowledge and content, and improve Wikipedia’s specific content coverage, enabling educators to engage students in real-world educational experiences through the effective use of open educational resources. Wiki Education is actively working to involve a greater number and diversity of instructors, students, and subject-matter experts as authors and editors of Wikipedia, and to ensure that student learning from Wikipedia-based assignments is accessible to diverse participants. (Substrategy: Content, Tools, and Services)
for general operating support
Wiki Education is a nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes faculty and student contributions to Wikipedia in academic learning contexts. The organization uses Wikipedia-based assignments to cultivate deeper learning in students, expand the public’s access to open knowledge and content, and improve Wikipedia’s specific content coverage, enabling educators to engage students in real-world educational experiences through the effective use of open educational resources. Wiki Education is actively working to involve a greater number and diversity of instructors, students, and subject-matter experts as authors and editors of Wikipedia, and to ensure that student learning from Wikipedia-based assignments is accessible to diverse participants. (Substrategy: Content, Tools, and Services)
for general operating support
The Wiki Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes faculty and student contributions to Wikipedia in academic learning contexts. The organization uses Wikipedia-based assignments to cultivate deeper learning in students, expand the public’s access to open knowledge and content, and improve Wikipedia’s specific content coverage, enabling educators to engage students in real-world educational experiences through the effective use of open educational resources.
