FOSS Course, UPenn, Murphy
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Revision as of 13:50, 16 August 2016
HERE WE GO!
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0. Overview
| Course Name | Open Source Software Development |
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| 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 who |
| 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 | classroom, technology, support |
| Offerings | Univ of Pennsylvania: Fall 2016 |
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 |
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| 1 | Course Introduction
Blogs, IRC, and GitHub
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| 2 | FOSS Background
FOSS Field Trip and Project Evaluation
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| 3 | Getting Started in FOSS
Start Getting Involved in Project
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| 4 | Ways of Contributing to FOSS
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| 5 | What Motivates People to Contribute to FOSS
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| 6 | Licensing and Legal Issues
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| 7 | FOSS Business Models and Opportunities
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| 8 | HFOSS
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| 9 | FOSS Success Stories
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| 10 | Starting and Growing a FOSS Community
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| 11 | Criticisms of FOSS
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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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