The Wiki Education Foundation has just published a list of Five reasons a Wikipedia assignment is better than a term paper. The five reasons are:

1. People read it
2. Students have to think twice
3. A term paper is rarely a force for good in the world
4. Wikipedia has real and fascinating flaws
5. The technology is just about the same

The text confirms some of the points we made in our Best Practice Guide to Use Wikipedia in University Education, by Maura Lerga and Eduard Aibar You can also read the Guide in Spanish and Catalan.