Incentives for using Wikipedia as a teaching tool

This is a short list of the main benefits of using Wikipedia assignments in classes, according to university directors, professors, and students who have experience doing so in the past:

Institutions	Teachers	Students
Greater student motivation leads to better student outcomes Pioneering in using Wikipedia as an innovative teaching tool. Getting media coverage for the school, department, instructor / positive public attention for affiliation with the popular, relevant, altruistic, and highly-respected Wikipedia brand Participating in an innovative teaching model increases the institution's attractiveness for students Students gain research, analysis, and writing skills which employers find highly attractive Your students might write the articles that students from other universities read and use	Enjoying students who become enthusiastic about writing for global audiences Affiliated with Wikipedia, the world's 5th most often accessed web resource, and Wikipedia's high profile partners Opportunity for recognition as a “Wikipedia Teaching Fellow” Opportunity to correct how students use Wikipedia inappropriately Working vicariously through students to improve public knowledge about your field of study; becoming a public intellectual oneself and educating students to become a community of public intellectuals Experimenting with an innovative teaching model, including the opportunity to publish research papers on their experiences on student learning Improving student's media literacy by placing Wikipedia in the context of other media Teaching students skills that they might need in their future professional life (i.e., the use of wikis, online communication skills)	Opportunity to write for large, global audiences instead of only the professor or instructor Receiving feedback from a "real" (and global) audience Improving research, critical thinking, and writing skills Improving media literacy skills Improving critical assessment skills by reasoning critically about the sources of information: becoming more capable at distinguishing good sources from bad sources, at critically evaluating information, etc. Acquiring first-hand familiarity with web markup; improving tech fluency in general, including how to communicate effectively in online communities Creating and “publishing” something you can be proud of - something you can show your friends, family, potential employers, etc. Engaging in a community of practice – interacting with global scholars interested in similar topics Sharing knowledge with the rest of the world