Stage 2 Activities

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Below is the schedule for the during-workshop activities.

Participants completing the Stage 2 workshop will be able to:

  • Name and explain a variety of learning activities that student participation in HFOSS projects may include
  • Plan and implement HFOSS activities appropriate for their curriculum and students
  • Explain challenges and opportunities of student HFOSS participation
  • Discuss key aspects of FOSS culture and process
  • Select HFOSS projects better suited for student participation
  • Identify key sources of information for learning about HFOSS
  • Participate in POSSE Stage 3


Time Activity Team
Day 1 (Evening)
5:30 Shuttle bus from the hotel to POSSE All
6:00 Welcome
  • Plan for the evening
  • Introduction of participants
    • Using an Etherpad
      • Enter your own name
      • Enter one or two "fun facts" about someone else, who you will introduce to the group
Greg, Stoney
6:30 Dinner All
7:15 Introduction
  • Introduction of participants
  • Schedule - overview of the two days
  • HFOSS, POSSE, and foss2serve
  • Brief history of FOSS
Heidi, Greg
8:45 Shuttle bus from POSSE to the hotel All
Day 2
8:00 Shuttle bus from the hotel to POSSE All
8:15 Continental breakfast All
8:30 Examples of HFOSS in Education
  • 50 ways to be a FOSSer - the variety of different contributions that can be made
  • Examples of actual student contributions
Stoney, Heidi, Cam
9:15 HFOSS in the Curriculum
  • Discussion of options for getting started
  • For a project course: roadmap - learning outcomes and schedule of deliverables
  • For a single assignment: setting learning outcomes
  • Talk about FOSS Field trips and how they can be modified for student use.
Greg, Karl
10:00 Break All
10:30 Understanding Open Source Communities
  • Based on examples from 2-3 HFOSS projects
  • Basic information: contact person, guide to getting started, Project Selection evaluation summary
  • Understanding the community landscape and process
  • Becoming a participant: lurking, joining the community, being visible, finding things to do
  • Background: Building on results of Stage 1.B.1 and 1.B.4 learning activities
Joanie, Harish, Heidi
12:00 Lunch All
1:00 Understanding POSSE Stage 3
  • MouseTrap - as a prototype Stage 3 group
  • Discussion of projects and indication of interest
  • Evaluation in Stage 3
  • Group Informatics
Greg, Darci, John, Sean
1:45 Pedagogy and Course Management
  • Trying to find the right size student project
  • Evaluating student work
  • Licensing and intellectual property
  • Instructional style: mentoring vs. lecturing; instructor as co-learner
Heidi, Karl
2:30 Break All
3:00 Exercise
  • Planning a first HFOSS activity at your institution
  • Planning participation in POSSE Stage 3
Team
5:00 Shuttle bus from POSSE to the hotel All
 ??:00 Dinner All
Day 3
8:00 Shuttle bus from the hotel to POSSE All
8:15 Continental breakfast All
8:30 HFOSS Process and Tools: Communication
  • How tools fit and support HFOSS culture
    • IRC and meetbots: Why don't we just use video chat?
    • Wikis, forums, listservs
    • Blogs and planets
Sean, Greg
9:15 HFOSS Process and Tools: Coordination and Control Heidi, Stoney, Joanie
10:00 Break All
10:30 HFOSS Student Assignments
  • Existing assignment
  • Assignment template
  • Creation and sharing of new assignments
    • foss2serve.org, teachingopensource.org, swenet.org, computingportal.org
  • Brainstorming session
    • Where would you like to have an HFOSS activity in your curriculum?
    • What would that activity be?
Greg, Darci
11:30 Getting Started on a Project
  • Alternatives
    • Download and install an HFOSS project (Stage 3 choice)
    • Identify a small contribution that you could make.
    • Talk about how you would create student deliverables?
Heidi, Stoney, Harish
12:00 Lunch All
1:00 Getting Started on a Project - continued
2:00 Stage 3 - First Steps
  • What will the group do together?
  • Plan some initial activities (faculty only or faculty and students)
  • Discuss group communication
Heidi, Lori
3:00 Going Forward
  • Evaluation form
  • Open discussion
  • Closing remarks
Heidi, Greg
4:00 End - shuttles and taxi to airport/train All
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