FOSS in Courses 1 (Instructors)

FOSS Use In Courses

Preparation:

Description	Learners will gain an understanding of the variety of different ways that FOSS can be incorporated into a variety of courses as well as explore different ways to include FOSS into a course of their choosing.
Source	?
Prerequisite Knowledge	An understanding of the course in which students will be involved in a FOSS project.
Estimated Time to Completion	30-60 minutes
Learning Objectives	Ability to: 1)List a variety of activities and different ways to contribute to FOSS projects beyond code, 2) Identify activities and/or ways to contribute to FOSS appropriate for a particular course, 3) Create and plan one activity appropriate for a course that you have taught or are going to teach
Materials/Environment	Access to Internet/Web and web browser.
Additional Information	?
Rights	Licensed CC BY-SA
Turn In	Wiki posting describing the course and identifying one or two possible activities that students can complete as part of the course.

Background:

When many people think about including FOSS in a class, they are typically thinking of one of two things:

1. Finding an artifact from the FOSS project such as a code segment that provides the base for study within the classroom (e.g., code review), or
2. Making a code contribution to the project by fixing a bug or making an enhancement.

However, there are myriad different activities based on FOSS as well as ways of contributing to FOSS projects that go beyond

Directions

1. Let's start by observing some of the different activities and ways to contribute.
   1. Read Andy Lester's [[http://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/bid/167051/%7C

14 Ways to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming Genius or a Rock Star]. Andy does a great job of identifying and ameliorating roadblocks for newbies.

1. 1. Read the Berkshire Linux User's Group's discussion of [to Contribute to FOSS]
   2. Read Craig Buchek's [[http://icontribute.wordpress.com/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-without-coding/%7Cgreat list of ways to contribute other than code.
   3. Read through the list of activities on the [Ways to be a FOSSer] page.

1. Now lets look at some examples of student contributions.

1. Let's turn our attention to your own course.

1. If the activity is not fully described, describe the activity on your wiki page.
2. Decide whether this is a group or individual activity.
3. Think about the grading rubric. Would

   Provide links to lots of examples of student work
   e.g., the WNE students who created the instructions for setting up the dev environment for OpenMRS, Andrea's journalism students, etc.
   Have faculty identify a few preliminary targets for use of HFOSS activities in their own curriculum and post to wiki