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4. Team Project Experiences in Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS)

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Ellis, Heidi J. C., Hislop, Gregory W., Jackson, Stoney, and Postner, Lori

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Providing students with the professional, communication, and technical skills necessary to contribute to an ongoing software project is critical, yet often difficult in higher education. Involving student teams in real-world projects developed by professional software engineers for actual users is invaluable. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has emerged as an important approach to creating, managing, and distributing software products. Involvement in a FOSS project provides students with experience developing within a professional environment, with a professional community, and has the additional benefit that all communication and artifacts are publicly accessible. Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) projects benefit the human condition in some manner. They can range from disaster management to microfinance to election-monitoring applications. This article discusses the benefits and challenges of students participating in HFOSS projects within the context of undergraduate computing degree programs. This article reports on a 6-year study of students' self-reported attitudes and learning from participation in an HFOSS project. Results indicate that working on an HFOSS project increases interest in computing. In addition, students perceive that they are gaining experience in developing software in a distributed environment with the attendant skills of communication, distributed teamwork, and more.

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2015
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7. What Resources Do CS1 Students Use and How Do They Use Them?

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Postner, Lori and Stevens, Re

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In this paper, we explore how students used two resources, the in-class lecture and the online newsgroup, to write computer programs. By focusing on the questions students asked in each setting, we compare these two learning environments. Questions students asked during lecture typically related to the material the instructor was presenting. In contrast, questions posted to the newsgroup focused on the problems students encountered while programming. The responses posted to the newsgroup varied from providing syntax and resources to offering emotional support. We provide data that demonstrates that the newsgroup was an invaluable resource in this course as it supplied personalized, just-in-time help that allowed students to make progress on their programming assignments. (Contains 3 tables.)

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2005
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12. LibreFoodPantry

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Wurst, Karl R., primary, Radkowski, Christopher, additional, Jackson, Stoney, additional, Ellis, Heidi J. C., additional, Burdge, Darci, additional, and Postner, Lori, additional

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2020
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16. Helping Faculty & Students to Participate in Humanitarian Free & Open Source Software: The OpenFE & OpenPath Projects.

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Kussmaul, Clifton L., Ellis, Heidi, Hislop, Gregory W., Postner, Lori, and Burdge, Darci

Subjects
UNIVERSITY faculty, HUMANITARIAN assistance, SOFTWARE engineering, PROBLEM solving, LEARNING
Abstract

Students in computer science, software engineering, and related disciplines must master a broad range of technical knowledge, skills, tools, and processes. They must also learn to navigate, understand, and contribute to real-world code, documentation, and diverse communities of developers, users, and other stakeholders. One effective way for students to develop such knowledge, skills, and attitudes is to participate in Humanitarian Free & Open Source Software (HFOSS) projects. Research has shown that student participation in HFOSS projects has a positive impact on student motivation to study computing and a strong positive impact on perceived learning related to software engineering [1,2]. The OpenFE and OpenPath projects seek to help faculty and students participate in HFOSS projects and communities. The 2012 NSF TUES OpenFE Project developed and expanded faculty expertise supporting student involvement in HFOSS projects, and created and evaluated learning materials to help students in a variety of settings, including community colleges. OpenFE significantly revised and enhanced the Professors Open Source Software Experience (POSSE), a faculty development program originally developed by Red Hat, Inc. OpenFE also helped faculty to develop, pilot, and disseminate a variety of learning materials [3]. The 2015 NSF IUSE OpenPath Project continues and expands this work with a focus on sequences (pathways) of topics and learning activities that can be integrated across the curriculum to provide faculty and students with a more gradual introduction to FOSS tools and practices. OpenPath also leverages Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) [4,5] to help students develop skills in communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork, which will make them more successful participants in HFOSS [6]. Together, the OpenFE and OpenPath projects have supported over 90 faculty from over 65 institutions to participate in POSSE and explore ways to help their students participate in HFOSS projects. A website (http://foss2serve.org) has more information about OpenFE and OpenPath, POSSE and other events, and learning materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017

23. Panel

Author

Jackson, Stoney, primary, Kurkovsky, Stan, additional, Mustafaraj, Eni, additional, and Postner, Lori, additional

Published
2013
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