Understanding the Open in Open Source (Activity)
Title | Understanding the 'Open' in Open Source |
Overview | The student will explore the meaning of 'openness' from a broad perspective and be introduced to the idea of a humanitarian free and open source project (HFOSS). |
Prerequisite Knowledge | None |
Learning Objectives | The student will understand the difference between open source and proprietary software; understand how open source principles apply to other groups; understand the difference between a FOSS and an HFOSS project. |
Background:
This activity works nicely as a first introduction to openness and open source software.
Directions:
What should the student do?
Deliverables:
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Assessment:
How will the activity be graded?
How will learning will be measured? Ideally, there should be a way to measure each of the objectives described above.
How will feedback to the student be determined?
Include sample assessment questions/rubrics. Feel free to indicate that the activity itself is not graded, however it would be helpful to include any questions that might be used at a later date to interpret learning, for example on a quiz or exam.
The form of the assessment is expected to vary by assignment. One possible format is the table:
Criteria | Level 1 (fail) | Level 2 (pass) | Level 3 (good) | Level 4 (exceptional) |
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Criterion 2... |
Comments:
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Additional Information:
ACM Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit | What ACM Computing Curricula 2013 knowledge area and units does this activity cover? ACM_Body_of_Knowledge |
ACM Topic | What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curriucula 2013 provides a list of topics in Appendix A - The Body of Knowledge (page 58) - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf |
Level of Difficulty | Is this activity easy, medium or challenging? |
Estimated Time to Completion | How long should it take for the student to complete the activity? |
Materials/Environment | What does the student need? Internet access, IRC client, Git Hub account, LINUX machine, etc.? |
Author(s) | Who wrote this activity? |
Source | Is there another activity on which this activity is based? If so, please provide a link to the original resource. |
License | Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/) |
Suggestions for Open Source Community:
Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.
Feedback:
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