Hi Paul, On 15 Jul 2014, at 11:43, Paul Libbrecht wrote:
> Scott, > > being both sides, in academia and in development, I find this idea surely > worthwhile and I started asking around how we could account for this in our > university. What kind of recognition do you expect on the university side? There is a process that the participating universities have been following to ensure that there is an appropriate assessment and/or accreditation scheme in place. In some cases this is linked to ECTS credit for industrial placements, in others to the assessment used for student projects. (For example we've worked with universities on how they can assess different parts of the work - e.g. the proposal itself, community engagement activity, self-reflective reporting - rather than just code, or incorporating it into a body of larger work outside of the project contribution itself. ) > > Also, I would urge both sides, particularly fellow developers, to make sure > tha they are properly informed of the academic-mentor's expectations. I > understand from the mechanism, such a discussion would happen at time of > evaluating the proposals, correct? That is correct; we ensure that mentors and academic supervisors are connected so they can set expectations. This relationship is a critical part of making this work. (Potentially it can mitigate one of the weaknesses of GSoC which is where students "disappear" or don't seem motivated as the mentor has someone else close to the student who they can contact to do the "chasing" instead of them.) > I fear that academic development is commonly kilometers away from common > sustainable development expected in open-source communities. However, they > would, in this project, be closer to the learning of the students, which has > been a common weak-points of GSoC. Yes, there is a lot of learning that needs to happen on the institutional side :) > > Scott, how much competition do you expect among students? Not much for this pilot programme - if you would like to get your students involved, mail me off-list and we can discuss. Cheers S > > thanks > > paul > > > On 14 juil. 2014, at 18:36, Scott Wilson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm working with an initiative similar to Google Summer of Code, called >> Semester of Code, and I think it would be great to have students work on >> XWiki. Below is more detailed information, but basically its like GSoC, >> except students are involved as part of their courses or industrial >> placements, so receive academic credit rather than money for their work. >> >> Hopefully this is of interest to the XWiki community! >> >> If any questions aren't answered by the FAQ[1] or invitation below, feel >> free to ask. >> >> All the best, >> >> - Scott >> >> ~~~ >> >> The VALS Semester of Code [1] project is working with European universities >> and FOSS communities to give students real-world experience working in open >> source software projects while receiving academic credit. The benefit to >> your projects will be valuable and hopefully ongoing contributions. VALS >> will also benefit the wider sector by helping to produce graduates with the >> skills and experience needed to engage with open development. >> >> Our first Semester of Code will involve approximately 75 student placements, >> starting in September. We would like to invite your organisation to >> participate in this pilot by offering mentored placements within your >> projects. >> >> If you have participated in Google Summer of Code before, you will find our >> process similar; we will seek placements for student projects, and will use >> the a system similar to Google's Melange platform to manage placements. >> However, VALS differs from Summer of Code in that instead of receiving money >> for their participation, students will receive academic credit. For this >> reason the mentors from your project will need to liaise with the student's >> academic tutor. The VALS project will support this process to ensure it >> runs as smoothly as possible. We also ensure the admin overhead is minimal. >> >> The VALS initiative is a partnership of European universities and SMEs who >> have been working for several months to plan the pilot of Semester of Code, >> which will run during the next academic year. We have now reached the stage >> where we are signing up FOSS projects who are willing to provide mentors. We >> have already seen interest from smaller, single-company projects to larger >> software foundations, and would like to see more. >> >> If you'd be willing to provide one or more mentored projects, we’d love to >> talk to you about joining Semester of Code. In return, you’ll get an >> enthusiastic student providing a valuable contribution to your project. The >> VALS team will be on hand throughout the project to answer any questions and >> help unblock communication issues between mentors, students and academic >> supervisors. >> >> To join in the Semester of Code or to simply find out more you can email >> [email protected], or you can sign up to our mailing list directly by >> using the web form [1]. >> >> More detail about the Semester of Code are available on our FAQ page [2]. If >> you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask on the mailing list, and >> one of the VALS team will get back to you! >> 1: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=VALS-SOC&A=1 >> 2: http://semesterofcode.com/?p=22 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
