Hey all - I'd be submitting a talk to OSCON about using collaborative communities to teach open source to developers who may not have had previous experience with open source. Also submitting to Collab Summit, will send a note on that in a bit.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Mel Chua <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > > I've been thinking on and off about OSCON, and I'm not sure what I'd > > submit if I were to submit anything. I could submit an "experience > > report"-style talk regarding our FOSS integration attempts over the > > past year, but beyond that, my brain is a bit empty of ideas. > > > > Thought I'd throw that out there. Back to digging towards the surface... > > Matt, I think you might do an especially keen job on something like "why > your FOSS project is REALLY HARD for me and my students to get involved > with." > > We talk so much about how FOSS is "open to everyone" and you can "just > jump in," but that's the people who "made it" talking - outside that > community a lot of people think it's terrifying to get started with or > otherwise not worth their time[0]. > > I'd love to see something akin to Talking About Leaving [1] for FOSS > projects. There's little - if any - investigation as to what happens to > the folks who try to get involved and fail, and what makes the difference. > > --Mel > > PS: For those of you still thinking about OSCON, > > http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/OSCON_2011#Example_TOS_Abstracts_from_OSCON_2010 > may serve as an inspiration. > > [0] And sometimes they're right. FOSS isn't a hammer with which to hit > all nails. > > [1] > > http://www.amazon.com/Talking-About-Leaving-Undergraduates-Sciences/dp/0813389267 > - "[students who made it through an undergraduate STEM courseload vs > those who did not] did not differ by individual attributes of > performance, attitude and behavior. They had the same array of > abilities, motivations and behaviors. What distinguished the survivors > from those who left was the development of particular attitudes, coping > strategies and serendipity." > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos >
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