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HERE WE GO! | |||
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== 0. Overview == | |||
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! style="text-align:right;"| Course Name | |||
| ''Open Source Software Development'' | |||
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! style="text-align:right;"| Course Overview | |||
| This course exposes students to the cultural, technical, and legal aspects of FOSS development and provides students with an opportunity to work on a real-world open-source software project, and gain experience in software maintenance and enhancing software quality. | |||
|- | |||
! style="text-align:right;"| Instructor Contact Info | |||
| [[User:Cmurphy|Chris Murphy]] | |||
|- | |||
! style="text-align:right;"| Student Characteristics | |||
| The course is targeted to upper-level undergraduate or graduate students. | |||
|- | |||
! style="text-align:right;"| Prerequisites | |||
| Students should have completed a traditional software engineering course and have had experience working in groups. They should be familiar with GitHub and the target programming language for the FOSS project on which they will work. | |||
|- | |||
! style="text-align:right;"| Infrastructure | |||
| The class meets twice a week for 75 minutes each. In general, one of the class meetings will consist of discussions of the reading assignments and/or guest speakers, and the other class meeting that week will be for learning activities, project status updates and presentations, or time to work on the project. | |||
|- | |||
! style="text-align:right;"| Offerings | |||
| Univ of Pennsylvania: [http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cdmurphy/foss/fall2016/ Fall 2016] (14 undergraduates) | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
== 1. Learning Objectives == | |||
* ''objectives & prerequisites should be active, student-centered, specific, and measurable'' | |||
** ''the student will be able to...'' | |||
* ''for the entire course, and/or for FOSS-specific parts of the course'' | |||
* ''might include content & process skills'' | |||
* ''might consider all levels of Bloom's taxonomy'' | |||
== 2. Methods of Assessment == | |||
* ''what will students do in this course, and how will it be evaluated'' | |||
** ''Exams, assignments, projects, etc.'' | |||
* ''should be tied to learning objectives'' | |||
== 3. Course Outline == | |||
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="10" ! style="text-align:center; color:purple" | |||
! Week | |||
! Topics/Activities | |||
! Reading Assignments | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 1 | |||
| Course Introduction | |||
* Course logistics | |||
* Brief overview of FOSS | |||
* [[Fossisms]] | |||
Blogs, IRC, and GitHub | |||
* Activity: [[Blog_Activity]] | |||
* Activity: [[Intro_IRC_Activity]] | |||
* Activity: [[Git:_GitHub_Issues_and_Pull_Requests]] | |||
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|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 2 | |||
| FOSS Background | |||
* What are the intellectual, technical, and cultural foundations and justifications of FOSS? | |||
* How does FOSS differ from commercial software? | |||
FOSS Field Trip and Project Evaluation | |||
* Learning Activity -- '''COMING SOON!''' | |||
| | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software Wikipedia article on FOSS] | |||
*[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/index.html Eric Raymond, ''The Cathedral and the Bazaar''] | |||
*[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html Richard Stallman, "Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software"] | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 3 | |||
| Getting Started in FOSS | |||
* How do you learn about a FOSS project's culture and community? | |||
* How do you get involved in and known within a community? | |||
Start Getting Involved in Project | |||
* Learning Activity -- '''COMING SOON!''' | |||
| | |||
* https://opensource.com/life/13/4/ten-ways-participate-open-source | |||
* https://blog.newrelic.com/2014/05/05/open-source_gettingstarted/ | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 4 | |||
| Ways of Contributing to FOSS | |||
* What are the different types of contributions someone can make to a FOSS project? | |||
* What is the process of making contributions? | |||
| | |||
* https://icontribute.wordpress.com/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-without-coding/ | |||
* http://blog.smartbear.com/programming/14-ways-to-contribute-to-open-source-without-being-a-programming-genius-or-a-rock-star/ | |||
* http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 5 | |||
| What Motivates People to Contribute to FOSS | |||
* Why do people contribute to FOSS projects? | |||
* In what ways are people rewarded for their contributions? | |||
* Does motivation rely on the type of contribution, or vice-versa? | |||
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* [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~yunwen/papers/ICSE03.pdf Yunwen Ye and Kouichi Kishida, "Toward an Understanding of the Motivation of Open Source Software Developers", ICSE 2003] | |||
* [http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/docs/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/FUDOCS_derivate_000000000137/discpaper19_04.pdf J. Blitzer, W. Schrettl, and P. J. H. Schroder, "Intrinsic Motivation in Open Source Software Development", ''Journal of Comparative Economics'' 35:1] | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 6 | |||
| Licensing and Legal Issues | |||
* Something | |||
* Something Else | |||
| | |||
* http://opensource.org/faq | |||
* http://opensource.com/law/13/1/which-open-source-software-license-should-i-use | |||
* http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/fossandpatents | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 7 | |||
| FOSS Business Models and Opportunities | |||
* Something | |||
* Something Else | |||
| | |||
* https://handsontable.com/blog/articles/5-successful-business-models-for-web-based-open-source-projects | |||
* http://www.zdnet.com/article/11-open-source-business-models/ | |||
* http://www.cio.com/article/2944334/open-source-development/why-the-open-source-business-model-is-a-failure.html | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 8 | |||
| HFOSS | |||
* Something | |||
* Something Else | |||
| | |||
* http://timreview.ca/article/399 | |||
* https://opensource.com/life/15/2/getting-involved-hfoss | |||
* http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/09/hfoss_software_for_humanity_computer_science_students_solve_real_world_problems.html | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 9 | |||
| FOSS Success Stories | |||
* Something | |||
* Something Else | |||
| | |||
* http://mediashift.org/2013/08/6-things-to-know-about-successful-open-source-software/ | |||
* http://www.infoworld.com/article/3058778/open-source-tools/the-secrets-to-linkedins-open-source-success.html | |||
* http://www.techrepublic.com/article/red-hats-open-source-success-story-built-on-killing-complexity-in-it/ | |||
* https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/13/please-dont-tell-me-you-want-to-be-the-next-red-hat/ | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 10 | |||
| Starting and Growing a FOSS Community | |||
* Something | |||
* Something Else | |||
| | |||
* http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/howtobuildcommunity | |||
* http://www.drdobbs.com/open-source/building-and-maintaining-an-open-source/240168415 | |||
* https://opensource.com/business/14/7/building-open-source-community | |||
|- style="text-align:left; color:black" | |||
| 11 | |||
| Criticisms of FOSS | |||
* Something | |||
* Something Else | |||
| | |||
* http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/the-ethics-of-unpaid-labor-and-the-oss-community | |||
* http://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-doesnt-really-care-about-open-source/ | |||
* http://www.infoworld.com/article/2905331/open-source-software/the-new-struggles-facing-open-source.html | |||
|} | |||
== 4. Notes to Instructor == | |||
* ''Tips, suggestions, lessons learned (warnings)...'' | |||
== 5. Moving Forward == | |||
* ''what next steps are desirable or possible for this course'' | |||
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Revision as of 13:55, 16 August 2016
HERE WE GO!
0. Overview
Course Name | Open Source Software Development |
---|---|
Course Overview | This course exposes students to the cultural, technical, and legal aspects of FOSS development and provides students with an opportunity to work on a real-world open-source software project, and gain experience in software maintenance and enhancing software quality. |
Instructor Contact Info | Chris Murphy |
Student Characteristics | The course is targeted to upper-level undergraduate or graduate students. |
Prerequisites | Students should have completed a traditional software engineering course and have had experience working in groups. They should be familiar with GitHub and the target programming language for the FOSS project on which they will work. |
Infrastructure | The class meets twice a week for 75 minutes each. In general, one of the class meetings will consist of discussions of the reading assignments and/or guest speakers, and the other class meeting that week will be for learning activities, project status updates and presentations, or time to work on the project. |
Offerings | Univ of Pennsylvania: Fall 2016 (14 undergraduates) |
1. Learning Objectives
- objectives & prerequisites should be active, student-centered, specific, and measurable
- the student will be able to...
- for the entire course, and/or for FOSS-specific parts of the course
- might include content & process skills
- might consider all levels of Bloom's taxonomy
2. Methods of Assessment
- what will students do in this course, and how will it be evaluated
- Exams, assignments, projects, etc.
- should be tied to learning objectives
3. Course Outline
Week | Topics/Activities | Reading Assignments |
---|---|---|
1 | Course Introduction
Blogs, IRC, and GitHub
|
|
2 | FOSS Background
FOSS Field Trip and Project Evaluation
|
|
3 | Getting Started in FOSS
Start Getting Involved in Project
|
|
4 | Ways of Contributing to FOSS
|
|
5 | What Motivates People to Contribute to FOSS
|
|
6 | Licensing and Legal Issues
|
|
7 | FOSS Business Models and Opportunities
|
|
8 | HFOSS
|
|
9 | FOSS Success Stories
|
|
10 | Starting and Growing a FOSS Community
|
|
11 | Criticisms of FOSS
|
4. Notes to Instructor
- Tips, suggestions, lessons learned (warnings)...
5. Moving Forward
- what next steps are desirable or possible for this course
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