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Conference proceeding
Faculty Development for FLOSS Education
OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS, OSS 2019, v 556
01 Jan 2019
Abstract
With the recent upsurge in the development, use, and adoption of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) across all sectors of business, it is critical that graduates of computing degree programs gain an understanding of FLOSS development tools, processes, and culture. However, many faculty members are not fluent in FLOSS development and have little experience in teaching FLOSS. This paper reports on a faculty development program designed to bring instructors up to speed on how to support student learning within FLOSS projects. The paper discusses the challenges to FLOSS education from the instructor's perspective, describes the Professors' Open Source Software Experience (POSSE) workshop, and presents the results of a study into the impact of POSSE on instructors based on semi-structured interviews. This work is part of a larger study into instructor experiences when incorporating Humanitarian Free Open Source Software (HFOSS) into their curriculum.
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- Title
- Faculty Development for FLOSS Education
- Creators
- Becka Morgan - Western Oregon UniversityGregory W. Hislop - Drexel UniversityHeidi J. C. Ellis - Western New England University
- Contributors
- F Bordeleau (Editor)A Sillitti (Editor)P Meirelles (Editor)Lenarduzzi (Editor)
- Publication Details
- OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS, OSS 2019, v 556
- Series
- IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000493813000015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85068982146
- Other Identifier
- 991019168622204721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Software Engineering