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Let’s get serious about Wikipedia

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador If you use Wikipedia to read about shell shock , look … Continue reading "Let’s get serious about Wikipedia"

This post was initially published on the Jisc Inform website here Wikipedia is meant to be a starting point, not a final source of knowledge. It is permanently incomplete and evolving, … Continue reading "Ten ways educators can use Wikipedia"

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador To influence education institutions, we need to speak their … Continue reading "Crowdsourcing: the wiki way of working"

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador What are the building blocks or “atoms” of Wikipedia? … Continue reading "One sentence on Wikipedia: a microcosm of information literacy"

This post was written by Dr Humphrey Southall, Reader in Geography, University of Portsmouth, written with Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc’s … Continue reading "Telling the stories of rural England with Wikipedia"

This post was written by Martin Poulter. You can read the original here . Billions of people around the world crave education, but lack the resources … Continue reading "Wikipedia: Learning by sharing knowledge"

15 October is recognised as Ada Lovelace Day and is dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics … Continue reading "Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day"

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter as part of the collaboration between Jisc and Wikimedia UK Two projects that provide free … Continue reading "Announcing a veterinary science editathon"

Jisc and Wikimedia UK are collaborating on a project to bring the academic world and Wikipedia closer together. This will create … Continue reading "Jisc and Wikimedia UK to bridge between academia and Wikipedia"

This post was written by Daria Cybulska, Wikimedia UK Programme Manager Jisc , working with Wikimedia UK, … Continue reading "Jisc and Wikimedia UK to jointly recruit a Wikimedia Ambassador"