Conference proceeding
Student Software Engineering Learning in HFOSS Projects
Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers
15 Jun 2019
Abstract
Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) projects are supported by communities that focus on developing software to solve societal challenges and improve the human condition. These projects provide rich opportunities for computing students to practice and learn both technical and professional skills. In addition, the transparency of HFOSS projects provides students with an opportunity to create a portfolio of their contributions to real-world projects. This paper reports on three different undergraduate courses where students learned by participation in an HFOSS project. The paper provides an overview of each class and description of results. Student reflective writing about their class experiences was used to gather unstructured observations about the student experience and learning. This student perspective is summarized and discussed to provide insight into the effect of student participation in HFOSS projects as part of an undergraduate computing program.
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Details
- Title
- Student Software Engineering Learning in HFOSS Projects
- Creators
- Becka MorganHeidi J.C. EllisGregory W Hislop
- Publication Details
- Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers
- Publisher
- American Society for Engineering Education-ASEE
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Identifiers
- 991019173983104721