Conference proceeding
Developing HFOSS projects using integrated teams across levels and institutions
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGITE conference on information technology education, pp 139-140
02 Oct 2013
Abstract
Studies have shown that the "near peer" experience where students of various levels are jointly involved in co-learning activities can motivate students and support wide learning. Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) projects have shown promise for educating students using real-world projects within a global, professional community. Leveraging the near peer experience within an HFOSS project allows beginning students to get earlier exposure to large, complex systems while providing the more advanced students the opportunity to practice communication, coordination, and leadership skills. This poster describes initial steps towards the development of an HFOSS project by a mixed team of students of various levels and from three different institutions..
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- Title
- Developing HFOSS projects using integrated teams across levels and institutions
- Creators
- Heidi EllisStoney Jackson - Western New England UniversityDarci Burdge - Nassau Community CollegeGregory Hislop - Drexel UniversityJoanmarie Diggs - Igalia, Galicia, Spain
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGITE conference on information technology education, pp 139-140
- Conference
- 14th annual ACM SIGITE conference on information technology education, 14th
- Series
- SIGITE '13
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84887314504
- Other Identifier
- 991019173755804721