Some POSSE application feedback from Karsten Wade (he lost a couple things when his laptop died, so I'm posting this on his behalf.
<Karsten> http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_2011_applicants#Elinor_Madigan This application is on the way and provides some very fertile ground. What I see it needs are two general areas: 1. Ground the class in an actual open source project, doing real work as part of a real community. For example, the Fedora Project uses a lot of Python in the set of applications used for project participation. Perhaps students could work within the Fedora Websites and Infrastructure teams to develop maintainable applications. 2. Within the coursework, tie back that collaboration to doing things the open source way. Perhaps use the Teaching Open Source textbook or TheOpenSourceWay.org as reference material. Have the students work openly, on mailing lists, in IRC, sharing and critiquing with the open community, all open learning. POSSE would of course be a great way for the instructor here to learn about all of that, how it works, why it matters. By reworking the course along the two points I made above, it would be take a stellar class to galactic levels. </Karsten> Another admissions round coming up shortly. _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
