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# '''What learning outcomes would you like the students to achieve?''' | # '''What learning outcomes would you like the students to achieve?''' | ||
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## Use HFOSS projects as examples of FOSS contributions to humanitarian causes. | ## Use HFOSS projects as examples of FOSS contributions to humanitarian causes. | ||
# '''What are the benefits of this project for this particular context (course & activity)?''' | # '''What are the benefits of this project for this particular context (course & activity)?''' | ||
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# '''What are potential stumbling blocks?''' | # '''What are potential stumbling blocks?''' | ||
| + | ## This would be a course geared towards non-majors, so it will be difficult for them to make a meaningful contribution. | ||
| + | ## Instead, I will focus on having them get to know about the projects and maybe do some PR contribution or reflection. | ||
# '''How do you want your students to interact with the community (if at all)?''' | # '''How do you want your students to interact with the community (if at all)?''' | ||
| + | ## Most likely not any direct interaction. | ||
# '''What tools will your students have to learn (if any)?''' | # '''What tools will your students have to learn (if any)?''' | ||
| + | ## I will have them learn blogging, wiki, and irc. | ||
# '''Do you currently have the environment for this project to run (ie. is the hardware/OS available at your institution)?''' | # '''Do you currently have the environment for this project to run (ie. is the hardware/OS available at your institution)?''' | ||
| + | ## Yes. | ||
# '''What type of materials/background do you think you will need to provide to the students?''' | # '''What type of materials/background do you think you will need to provide to the students?''' | ||
| + | ## Just a general introduction to FOSS and pointers to different resources. | ||
# '''What would you like the students to do during this activity?''' | # '''What would you like the students to do during this activity?''' | ||
| + | ## Explained above. | ||
# '''How long do you expect the activity to take?''' | # '''How long do you expect the activity to take?''' | ||
| + | ## Depends on the activity but from 1 to 3 week.s | ||
# '''What will the students hand in?''' | # '''What will the students hand in?''' | ||
| + | ## Explained above. | ||
# '''How will you assess what students have learned from this activity?''' | # '''How will you assess what students have learned from this activity?''' | ||
| + | ## I will have some sort of rubric for each activity. | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 3 June 2013
- Name: Peter Bui
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
- Department: Computer Science
- Website: http://cs.uwec.edu/~buipj
- Email: buipj@uwec.edu
- IRC: pnutzh4x0r
Exercise 2.6: Planning for HFOSS Involvement
- What course(s) are you targeting?
- IDIS 151 Demystifying Computing
- What learning outcomes would you like the students to achieve?
- Develop a familiarity and appreciation of FOSS.
- Discuss social, ethical, and political implications of FOSS.
- What type of activity do you want to incorporate? Sample activities could be HFOSS field trips, installing, documenting, testing, or code development. See http://xcitegroup.org/softhum/doku.php?id=f:50ways for more ideas.
- Scavenger Hunt: guided tour of an open source project
- Do a guided field trip of a FOSS project
- Pick a FOSS project they use regularly and do the same scavenger hunt
- Blog post of findings
- Reflection:
- Essay on the social, ethical, and political implications of FOSS.
- Contribution:
- Wikipedia edit, presentation, video or tutorial of FOSS project
- Scavenger Hunt: guided tour of an open source project
- What HFOSS project will you use?
- Use HFOSS projects as examples of FOSS contributions to humanitarian causes.
- What are the benefits of this project for this particular context (course & activity)?
- N/A
- What are potential stumbling blocks?
- This would be a course geared towards non-majors, so it will be difficult for them to make a meaningful contribution.
- Instead, I will focus on having them get to know about the projects and maybe do some PR contribution or reflection.
- How do you want your students to interact with the community (if at all)?
- Most likely not any direct interaction.
- What tools will your students have to learn (if any)?
- I will have them learn blogging, wiki, and irc.
- Do you currently have the environment for this project to run (ie. is the hardware/OS available at your institution)?
- Yes.
- What type of materials/background do you think you will need to provide to the students?
- Just a general introduction to FOSS and pointers to different resources.
- What would you like the students to do during this activity?
- Explained above.
- How long do you expect the activity to take?
- Depends on the activity but from 1 to 3 week.s
- What will the students hand in?
- Explained above.
- How will you assess what students have learned from this activity?
- I will have some sort of rubric for each activity.
