From Teaching Open Source

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Contents 1 Meeting Notes 2 Possible Types of Learning Activities 3 Links 4 Book List

[edit] Meeting Notes

• Chris Dave @ CDOT 2009-04-27

[edit] Possible Types of Learning Activities

• Lecture (Interactive)
• Group discussion
• Case studies -- student projects as illustrations
• Labs
  1. Step-by-step
  2. Group or individual exploration
• Local field trip
• Interviews
• Review/summary of key concepts
• Reading
  1. Essays
  2. E-books/Books
• Movies/Clips
• Before/After Perspective Comparison (Sunday night vs. Friday morning)
• Writing
  1. Blog (Reflecting)
  2. Wiki (Documenting)
  3. E-mail list
• Take a topic during the week and teach an intro to it
• Mini-quiz 30 second feedback each day (Rose-Thorn-Bud: what was good, what was bad, what you look forward to)
• Video interview/talks (e.g., Skype)

[edit] Links

• Fedora font packaging sprint: wishlist of fonts to be packaged that has been vetted for legal and technical issues; bugzilla, Koji, CVS, and Bodhi, font lifecycle, Fonts SIG. The idea here is to experience the difference between something that 'works for me' and something that makes it through review and gets committed.
• http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/book/how-participate-linux-community

[edit] Book List

• Producing Open Source Software, Karl Fogel (?)
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