On 5/23/11 1:49 PM, Matthew Jadud wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 00:16, Mel Chua <m...@redhat.com> wrote: >> If it's not on here, it's not going to be in Ian's queue. (And if it's >> filed, it means he'll *consider* it when he does weekly priority scans >> on what to work on for that week -- there's far more work to do than can >> humanly be done!) > > Hi all, > > Last week at SoftHum 2011, a number of faculty (several of whom are on > this list) had the opportunity to come together and collaborate on > work related to the teaching of FOSS. We also spent some time talking > about the state of the community, the infrastructure for supporting > that community, POSSE curricula, and several "next steps." This > material will be coming on-line over the next few weeks---many of us > came back to a pile of work at the end of the term, and updating wikis > and the like will happen Real Soon Now. > > There were three infrastructure points that we wanted to see move > forward, one of which is already being addressed (mailing list > access). A second was site design/content, and a third had to do with > tools for introducing FOSS. (If > > 2. Site Design > Our community is less about content and more about people and > connection. As such, we'd like to suggest that in any site refresh > consideration that we move to a more communication-centric model -- > focusing on content feeds (blogs, Twitter/Identi.ca, ...) of members > of our community as opposed to a largely static wiki that sees little > use. As Mel's "dashboard project" goes forward, it would be a good > place for dashboard elements from community work to be featured. > > 3. Tools > Without rehashing previous discussions, it would be incredibly useful > for new FOSS/POSSE participants to be able to have a "hub" for FOSS > exploration and development without any barriers/hurdles. > > * A planet > * An IRC bot (and logging) > * An etherpad instance > > Based on previous POSSE workshops, these tools consistently come out > as being (1) incredibly useful for faculty working with students in > FOSS, and (2) are hard to set up/maintain. Ideally, a POSSE > participant from Bob Jones University should be able to walk out of > the workshop with "bju.teachingopensource.org" and those services > available from that location. > > Ultimately, we think that having > > * Version control > * Bug Tracking > * ... (something else that isn't in my notes) > > would be very useful for new FOSS educators to be able to learn and > experiment on -- even going so far as to provide a space for their > students to learn and experiment. > > Based on our own experiences, and feedback from POSSE participants, it > is clear that there are hurdles to mastering the tools of and learning > how to interact with online communities. Faculty need a space in which > to learn, and they need a place to bring their students into that > learning as well. I don't know what the "right" way to move this > forward is, but it would be good for the community if we had better > tools available for the upcoming POSSE cohort (end of July). > > Cheers, > Matt > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
-- All I have time to say right now is: +1 More later, when grading is done... __________________________________________________ Karl R. Wurst Ph.D., Professor and Chair Computer Science, Worcester State University 486 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA, USA 01602-2597 Email: karl.wu...@worcester.edu Web: http://sharepoint.worcester.edu/faculty/kwurst Phone: +1-508-929-8728 Fax: +1-508-929-8156 _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
