Re: [TOS] Fwd: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call for Proposals Now Open

Hi Folks, I too have been interested in OSCON 2010 and lamenting the lack of education. One thought on the panels might be to present a variety of classroom experiences of teaching FOSS. This could be from either the educator's perspective or the "mentor" in the FOSS organization and could foc

Re: [TOS] Fwd: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call for Proposals Now Open

Hi, To clarify, I think it would be interesting to hear what worked with respect to the course deliverables, process, and infrastructure. Heidi From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Luis Ibanez Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:17 AM

Re: [TOS] Proposing "Education" Track for OSCON 2010

+1 for these ideas. I think that floating the idea by oscon-info sooner rather than later is a good idea. We might get some feedback on what might make the proposal more attractive. Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.o

Re: [TOS] Fwd: [erm_div] Frontiers in Education 2010 Abstracts due Next week January 13, 2010

Hi Folks, I'll be going to the Frontiers in Education 2010 conference. It will be held in Arlington VA Oct. 27-30, 2010. Do we want to propose something as a group? A panel? A special session? Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingop

[TOS] Proposal - Opportunities for students to contribute to FOSS projects submitted

Hi Folks, I've submitted the proposal "Opportunities for students to contribute to FOSS projects" to OSCON 2010. Trying to keep the momentum going! Heidi ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/list

Re: [TOS] Textbook: development vs. production

Hi Folks, I'm all for mitigating risk. Do we know what the problem was? Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Greg DeKoenigsberg Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:50 PM To: tos@teachingopensource.org Su

Re: [TOS] OSCON Prposal Fail

Hi Folks, The presentation "#Opportunities for students to contribute to FOSS projects" was accepted and I've updated the TOS page. But it looks like that talk is not part of the education track? It is scheduled for 2:30 Thursday the 22nd and its in the "Community" track. Interesting... Heidi --

Re: [TOS] OSCON !?!

Hi Folks, I've been looking at how the OSCON folks have categorized our submissions. It appears that the Education track is a series of presentations on how to _use_ OSS in education, not how to have student participate in and contribute to an OSS project. The exception to this is Luis' presentati

Re: [TOS] Announcing the textbook. :)

+1! I've got a two-semester software engineering sequence starting in fall 2010 and we'll use the text as a resource. How nice to have a very applicable text that is free!! Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Beh

Re: [TOS] Developer-in-Residence Model

Hi Folks, I like this idea. I definitely agree with Chris' idea about needing the right context. I also think that for the Professor-in-Residence to be effective, there needs to be buy-in and plans for adoption on the part of the academic institution. There needs to be a mechanism for integratin

[TOS] Special Issue of JALN on Open Educational Resources

of Drexel University and Heidi Ellis of Western New England College will serve as guest co-editors for this special issue. For more information, visit: http://www.sloanconsortium.org/node/1957 ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http

[TOS] Pre and Post POSSE evaluations

Hi Folks, Mel, Greg Dek, Greg Hislop, Karl and I have been working on creating pre- and post-POSSE instruments to measure participant opinion about the experience. Relatively stable drafts of these documents may be found at: http://www.xcitegroup.org/softhum/doku.php?id=posse_evals The

Re: [TOS] Public request for funds

Hi All, Yes, travel support is an issue. TOS is a loose collection of individuals and has no monetary base. Therefore, I do not believe that TOS itself can fund anything. Much of the travel by members of TOS has been funded either by the person's company/institution or from grants. In acad

[TOS] Calling Greg Dek...

Hi Folks, Anyone have current email for Greg DeKoenigsberg? I'm trying to catch up with him about a panel we're all supposed to be on at OSS 2010. Please reply to me (hel...@wnec.edu) . Thanks! Heidi ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.

Re: [TOS] Textbook -- feedback & 0.9 planning

Hi Folks, As for using the text in the classroom, the timing of the completion of the text didn't align with the typical undergraduate teaching schedule (not a complaint, merely an observation :-) ). Because of the timing, I'm not sure that there are any faculty members who have used the text thro

Re: [TOS] Textbook -- feedback & 0.9 planning

:05 PM To: tos@teachingopensource.org Subject: Re: [TOS] Textbook -- feedback & 0.9 planning On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 08:52:28AM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote: > Hi Folks, > > As for using the text in the classroom, the timing of the completion > of the text didn't align with the

[TOS] FW: How can we mark what activities a particular group is doing within TOS?

Hi Folks, I've been mulling on this for a bit. I think that there should definitely be a way for folks to attribute the originator, funder or supporter of work. For instance, I'd very much like to be able to post information about what my students have accomplished in FOSS and be able to label the

Re: [TOS] FW: Teaching Open Source at 16 Months: A Forward-Looking Retrospective

Hi Folks, In the spirit of trying to widen the range of instructors involved with teaching OSS, the idea of a mini-POSSE is a good one. The more professors that we can reach out to, the better and a 1 or 2 day mini-POSSE may be more feasible than a full week. I also like the idea of attaching them

Re: [TOS] tos Digest, Vol 18, Issue 3

From: Matthew Jadud Subject: Re: [TOS] FW: Teaching Open Source at 16 Months: A Forward-Looking Retrospective To: Heidi Ellis Cc: tos@teachingopensource.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 07:57, Heidi Ellis wrote: > feasible t

Re: [TOS] textbook 0.8.1

Hi Folks, I'll be using the textbook in the fall and I'd be happy to provide feedback and update as I can, but I'm not likely to have much time to devote to actually writing. Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On

Re: [TOS] textbook 0.8.1

ug 17, 2010 at 12:52:29PM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'll be using the textbook in the fall and I'd be happy to provide > feedback and update as I can, but I'm not likely to have much time to > devote to actually writing. That's a very valuable

Re: [TOS] textbook 0.8.1

#Who_is_using_the_textbook ... with all the names I could remember; please correct me where I'm wrong: Fall 2010 Confirmed: * Heidi Ellis (Trinity College) * Gregory Hislop (Drexel University) * Karl Wurst (Worcester State University) To ask: * Fardad Soleimanloo (Se

Re: [TOS] new chapters for Practical OSS Exploration textbook

Hi Folks, Other areas for addition to the text are aimed at the next level of contribution, once the developer gets up to speed on FOSS. These are along the lines of software engineering topics such as: Requirements - How do you determine the exact requirements of a feature or enhancement? How do

Re: [TOS] TOS community video, POSSE curriculum

Hi Folks, TOS to me means a community and a resource. A place where I can ask questions, learn, get direction, spawn ideas and brainstorm with others. A place where I can meet and collaborate with like-minded TOS folks and get feedback on ideas and actions. And a place where I can see what others

Re: [TOS] Announcement: Big Ideas Fest, December 5-8, Half Moon Bay, CA

Hi Greg, Welcome back! The Big Ideas Fest sounds interesting. Ummm, when? Where? Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Greg DeKoenigsberg Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:37 AM To: tos@teachingopensour

Re: [TOS] forums.teachingopensource.org

+1 for a forum. And better to not have all that chatter going on the main TOS list. Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Karsten Wade Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:01 PM To: tos@teachingopensource.or

Re: [TOS] POSSE curriculum alpha release (0.8)

Hi Folks, My comment is not to worry overly much about having a strict curriculum for POSSEs and for extending POSSEs. There are a couple of issues floating around here. First, I think that you want a curriculum that you (the originators of the material such as Mel) can use. From that perspectiv

Re: [TOS] [Osdc-edu-authors] POSSE SA lead-in article on opensource.com

Hi Folks, Just for this article, I made a nod in a better direction by amending the paragraph with a final sentence; as published: One of the most important programs at Teaching Open Source is the Professors' Open Source Summer Experience (POSSE). POSSE is a weeklong bootcamp that gets pro

[TOS] FW: [SIGCSE-members] Reminder: SIGCSE 2011 Birds-of-a-Feather

Hi Folks, Just a reminder that if we're going to have a BOF at SIGCSE, we have to submit by Monday 11/1. We've got some ideas down at: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/SIGCSE_2011 Was Fedora going to try to do a special session? In the case that we want to submit a formal BOF, I have outl

Re: [TOS] SIGCSE BoF proposal draft - DUE MONDAY!

e). Thanks, --Sebastian -- BOF for SIGCSE 2011 The information below must fit on ONE page: 1. Proposer(s): Sebastian Dziallas (Olin College), Heidi Ellis (Western New England College), Mel Chua (Red Hat) 2. Title: Teaching Open Source 3. Abstract (Description): 800 character (including w

Re: [TOS] SIGCSE TOS BoF shipped

Great job! Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Mel Chua Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 9:17 PM To: TOS Subject: [TOS] SIGCSE TOS BoF shipped Thanks to Heidi's edits, we were able to ship the SIGCSE BoF

Re: [TOS] Computer Science Education Week - December 5-11, 2010

Hi Folks, I have recently been doing such presentations to local High Schools. The National Center for Women in Technology [1] has a wonderful set of pre-packaged "roadshows" that you can customize [2] (look at Programs in a Box). I have taken one of these and customized it, including the acknowle

Re: [TOS] If you are using the textbook this semester ...

Hi Karsten, I'm not likely to use the content in this semester, but it would be helpful to have it for next semester. And if not now, when? :-) Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Karsten Wade Sent:

Re: [TOS] SIGSCE BoF accepted!

Yippee!!! Good news! Heidi -Original Message- From: s...@sugarlabs.org [mailto:s...@sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Sebastian Dziallas Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 11:11 PM To: tos Cc: Heidi Ellis; Mel Chua Subject: SIGSCE BoF accepted! Looks like we win! Looking forward to SIGSCE

Re: [TOS] Introduction

Welcome Jason! WeBWorK is an interesting project. It appears that the site has some tasks that are appropriate for newbies to open source and there are good directions for developers on where to start. This could provide some interesting student projects! Heidi Ellis Heidi J. C. Ellis Chair

Re: [TOS] Senior capstone/exercise in FOSS question

Hi Matt, I've just finished teaching a senior-level Software Engineering course where students made enhancements to the Caribou onscreen keyboard (for Assistive Technologies in GNOME). The course [1] and schedule [2] including deliverables are online. You'll note that I made use of "Field Trips"

Re: [TOS] TOS/POSSE at Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 9x

Karsten, It is really exciting to see education being a focus of SCALE9X and I'm very glad that you are going. Unfortunately I'm on the wrong coast to be able to help that weekend, but your plans sound like good ideas. Good luck! Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopens

Re: [TOS] Infrastructure Team: Can haz?

Hi Folks, I too agree that we want both profs and students involved with real communities and making real contributions. This is the attraction of the approach! However, if the goal is to get more profs involved, anything that lowers the barrier to entry is a good thing. >From a prof's point of

[TOS] Notes from a conversation on POSSEs

Thoughts from an informal phone conversation between Max Spevack and Mel Chua (Red Hat), Greg Hislop (Drexel) and Heidi Ellis (WNEC), January 20, 2011. --- Context: Greg and Heidi are working with Mel and Max and their team to explore a funding opportunity. This would build on POSSE to create

[TOS] Notes on a conversation on POSSEs

Thoughts from an informal phone conversation between Max Spevack and Mel Chua (Red Hat), Greg Hislop (Drexel) and Heidi Ellis (WNEC), January 20, 2011. --- Context: Greg and Heidi are working with Mel and Max and their team to explore a funding opportunity. This would build on POSSE to create

[TOS] OSCON Submission

Hi Folks, Following in Mel and Sebastian's footsteps, Greg and I submitted the proposal below to OSCON. I note that our text is nowhere near as prosaic as Mel and Sebastian's :-) Heidi - How do we get student on-board the FOSS train?

Re: [TOS] OSCON Submission

edu] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:29 PM To: Heidi Ellis Cc: tos@teachingopensource.org Subject: Re: [TOS] OSCON Submission On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 22:19, Heidi Ellis wrote: > Following in Mel and Sebastian's footsteps, Greg and I submitted the > proposal below to OSCON. I note that our

Re: [TOS] OSCON Submission

Ah, another great idea! I like it! And yes, OSCON takes panels. Matt and Jeff and Greg, thoughts? Heidi -Original Message- From: Mel Chua [mailto:m...@redhat.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 12:03 PM To: Matthew Jadud Cc: Heidi Ellis; tos@teachingopensource.org Subject: Re: [TOS

Re: [TOS] OSCON Submission

Wade Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 5:03 PM To: tos@teachingopensource.org Subject: Re: [TOS] OSCON Submission On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 12:04:21PM -0500, Heidi Ellis wrote: > Ah, another great idea! I like it! And yes, OSCON takes panels. > Matt and Jeff and Greg, thoughts? If it helps to

Re: [TOS] Red Hat's education strategy DRAFT: would you want to take this offer?

Hey Mel, A few comments. On the Pitch to Profs: - Not sure what NDA is :-) - I'm not sure what you mean by "freely remixable". Do you mean reusable and customizable materials? - The "optional interactive online tutorials" are interactive with real people? It isn't apparent from the description as

Re: [TOS] Red Hat's education strategy DRAFT: would you want to take this offer?

has impact nonetheless. Heidi -Original Message- From: Mel Chua [mailto:m...@redhat.com] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 11:01 AM To: Heidi Ellis Cc: 'TOS' Subject: Re: [TOS] Red Hat's education strategy DRAFT: would you want to take this offer? Very helpful comment

Re: [TOS] Red Hat's education strategy DRAFT: would you want to take this offer?

y 10, 2011 11:01 AM To: Heidi Ellis Cc: 'TOS' Subject: Re: [TOS] Red Hat's education strategy DRAFT: would you want to take this offer? Very helpful comments and questions, Matt & Heidi - it's good to know we're at least mostly on the right track. Keep the questions

Re: [TOS] request for VM at OSUOSL

Hey folks, I like this idea a lot as it will make TOS' goals and accomplishments visible (and organized). Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Mel Chua Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 5:45 PM To: Jeff Sh

Re: [TOS] POSSE bid process draft, round 2, FIGHT!

Hey Mel, This looks good. The only suggestion I have is to make the "per person" amounts more clear. E.g., Instructors flights (2 X $500). I'm also not sure what "The approval process will be iterative with the intent to get the best outcome" means. Does this mean that you'll iterative help the p

[TOS] FOSS document survey

it is only three pages: http://bit.ly/hrgmwp And please pass this url on to any applicable FOSS lists. We appreciate your help! Heidi Ellis and Andrew McGrath ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman

[TOS] RIT POSSE

Hey Folks, The RIT POSSE this summer has made the CampusTechnology list: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2011/04/01/rochester-institute-to-repea t-summer-open-source-instructor-training.aspx Go POSSEs! Heidi ___ tos mailing list tos@tea

Re: [TOS] Help put Research Minion Mel to work - what do you want to measure?

Hi Mel, I note that if you're trying to measure the activity of the TOS community, you've identified some reasonable measures. And yes, these appear to be easily achievable measures (in other words, low-hanging fruit where the data is relatively easy to obtain with low effort). However, if you'r

Re: [TOS] Ian Weller is working on TOS infrastructure this summer

+1 !! We REALLY need the mailing list fixed. The mailing list is the primary communication mechanism for our community and we have people who want to join who can't :-( Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf O

[TOS] Interesting architecture book

Hi Folks, Slashdot had a link to a book on the software architectures used in major OSS projects including Eclipse and Hadoop. The book is titled: The Architecture of Open Source Applications, Elegance, Evolution and a Few Fearless Hacks. It could be useful for teaching students about soft

Re: [TOS] Introduction to Free and Open Source Software - Objectives/Review

Hi Folks, I agree with Dave as I think that the Contributor Mountain is useful for modeling participation and accomplishment. I would call that a static model. I also think that Andrew raises a good point in that there may be a model for the actual process of participating in an open source projec

Re: [TOS] Plans for Frontiers in Education 2011

Hi Folks, I very much like the idea of the TOS/OSDC booth. I think that it will raise the visibility of both organizations in a very positive way and I'll definitely be a visible presence on both sides of the booth, although I can't commit to concrete times yet. +1 on the picnic!! Heidi -O

Re: [TOS] R intro with Linux survey results / Open source academic sources

Hi Don, Edit away! The list of scholarly articles on the TOS site is limited by lack of time updates are very welcome! Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Don Davis Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 10:45 AM

Re: [TOS] Let's talk about SIGCSE 2012 plans.

Hey Sebastian, I've been perusing the SIGCSE page on TOS. I think that we can't submit exactly the same BoF as last year. My suggestion would be to revamp it slightly and invite a bunch of POSSE grads and indicate that we'd all share how POSSE helped us get started and our experiences in student p

Re: [TOS] Let's talk about SIGCSE 2012 plans.

ssion Leaders and Expertise of Discussion Leaders to make sure that your information is correct. Enjoy! Heidi -Original Message- From: Mel Chua [mailto:m...@redhat.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:46 AM To: Heidi Ellis Cc: 'Sebastian Dziallas'; 'TOS List' Subject: R

Re: [TOS] Let's talk about SIGCSE 2012 plans.

-Original Message- From: Steven Huss-Lederman [mailto:h...@beloit.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:34 AM To: Heidi Ellis Cc: TOS List Subject: Re: [TOS] Let's talk about SIGCSE 2012 plans. Howdy! I'll definitely be at SIGCSE (I'm one of the student volunteer and activi

Re: [TOS] SIGCSE 2012 TOS BoF proposal final draft

Hi Folks, Note that BoF's are not due until October 24th [0]. Posters aren't due until October either. Pretty much everything else is due today. Heidi [0] http://www.sigcse.org/sigcse2012/authors/bof.php -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@

[TOS] An experience report....

Hi Folks, Let me start by saying that I'm torn. In the spirit of being open, I was going to blog these thoughts. But upon reflection, I decided to post them to this group. I want to use my experience to highlight problems that I think are major roadblocks for instructors teaching open source, b

Re: [TOS] An experience report....

2011 4:14 PM To: tos@teachingopensource.org Subject: Re: [TOS] An experience report On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 07:13:27AM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote: > Hi Folks, > > > > Let me start by saying that I'm torn. In the spirit of being open, I > was going to blog these thoughts. But up

Re: [TOS] better scope for TheOpenSourceWay.org

Hi Karsten, I've spent some time looking at the TOSW site. I like the content and organization. I think that this is really useful for learning about communities and learning about how to build communities. I like it! You had asked about seeing a strong connection between TOS and TOSW. Right now,

Re: [TOS] Fwd: Paper in today's fir session on open source education...

Hi Folks, I went to the presentation below. It was somewhat interesting, however the authors surveyed members of Linux user groups, not the development community directly. They did find LPP learning in the communities that they looked at. Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teach

Re: [TOS] SIGCSE pre-conference symposium on TOS

Me too! Me too! I'll happily contribute what I can! Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Jadud Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:29 PM To: Mel Chua Cc: TOS List Subject: Re: [TOS] SIGCSE pre-confer

[TOS] Project presentations

Hello Folks, The Computer Science seniors at Western New England have been working on FOSS projects this semester. The final presentations will be held on Tuesday December 13th and we would like to invite you all to attend. There will also likely be a busload of students from Minnechaug high sc

[TOS] Tom Callaway speaking at Western New England University

Hi Folks, Sebastian and I are running a joint event for our classes and we would like to invite all who can make it to come. Tom "Spot" Callaway, Fedora's packaging manger will be coming Thursday December 1st. Tom is author of articles including How to tell if a FLOSS project is doomed to

[TOS] FW: introducing an opensource related effort at Stanford

And to keep TOS in the loop -Original Message- From: Heidi Ellis Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:26 PM To: 'Mel Chua'; Karl Wurst; Jay Borenstein Cc: 'Gregory Hislop' Subject: RE: [TOS] introducing an opensource related effort at Stanford Hi Jay, Welcome

Re: [TOS] Redesign complete

I like it! I assume that its OK that some of the links (e.g., planet and blogs) are broken and will get fixed. Go for it! Heidi -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Mel Chua Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 2:49

Re: [TOS] Seb Benthall on FOSS vs academic culture

Hi Folks, I've been observing this conversation for a while. One of the main purposes of the TOS group is to try to figure out how to get the academic and FOSS communities to collaborate more cleanly. In order to succeed in this effort, there must be an honest investigation of what aspects and

Re: [TOS] Facilitating the Integration of Free Software into Academic Courses

27;ll make a super GNOME Foundation Board member! Heidi -Original Message- From: Joanmarie Diggs [mailto:jdi...@igalia.com] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:02 PM To: tos@teachingopensource.org; Heidi Ellis Subject: Facilitating the Integration of Free Software into Academic Courses Hey

Re: [TOS] CS certification for K12 - what is out there?

Hi Folks, As others have noted, the CSTA is working actively in the area of CS curricula for high schools and promoting the CS Principles course. I think that the larger issue is the current lack of computing within middle and high schools, a problem that TOS is not likely to be able to solve. I

Re: [TOS] CS certification for K12 - what is out there?

+1 ! -Original Message- From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Don Davis Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 9:16 AM To: tos@teachingopensource.org Subject: Re: [TOS] CS certification for K12 - what is out there? > In factn what I w

[TOS] Open Source Day at Grace Hopper

m bringing two female students. Folks from the FOSS community are also encouraged to attend. I'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Feel free to email me (el...@wne.edu). Please join us! Heidi Ellis ___ tos m

[TOS] Good news! Grant awarded!

Hi Folks, We have some good news! As some of you know, Greg Hislop and Sean Goggins from Drexel, Heidi Ellis and Stoney Jackson from Western New England University, and Darci Burge and Lori Postner from Nassau Community College submitted an NSF TUES Type 2 proposal back in January. We have

[TOS] Thank you!

Hi Folks, The OpenFE team wanted to thank you for all of the enthusiastic responses. Many, many folks have responded both on list and off and we are encouraged by the positive response! Thank you, The OpenFE Team Greg Hislop Sean Goggins Heidi Ellis Stoney Jackson Lori Postner Darci

[TOS] Expect Traffic

Hi Folks, I have just returned from the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing attended by 3500 technical women. I was part of an Open Source Day where we hacked on ten different projects including Wikipedia and GNOME Accessibility. Incredible experience to see so many women students g

[TOS] In need of POSSE alumni

. If you would like to attend, please email either Greg Hislop (hisl...@drexel.edu), or Darci Burdge (darci.bur...@ncc.edu). We hope to see you at SIGCSE! Organizers: Heidi Ellis - Western New England University Stoney Jackson - Western New England University Lori Postner - Nassau Community College

Re: [TOS] In need of POSSE alumni

I really do love this community! Three responses within an hour of a post and on a Sunday morning no less! :-) Oh, more information is definitely heading TOS's way. I'm working on an outline of pre-workshop "stuff" that I'm hoping to post soon for feedback. One of the goals of the OpenFE project

Re: [TOS] In need of POSSE alumni

Thanks! We'll keep everyone posted via TOS. Heidi Matt Jadud wrote: >On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Heidi Ellis wrote: > >> One of the goals of the OpenFE project is to increase the number of faculty >> members involving students in FOSS and one part of that is to in

[TOS] FIE and SIGITE conferences

Hi Folks, Many of us have been looking ahead to conferences in the fall. There are two academic conferences that are likely venues for TOS publications and events held in October: Frontiers in Education (FIE) in Oklahoma and Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (SIGITE) i

Re: [TOS] FIE and SIGITE conferences

Yes, to be clear, I am not recommending wholesale movement to SIGITE in favor of FIE. Simply trying to provide an understanding of why I've chosen SIGITE this year. The best scenario would be if they didn't schedule them in conflict! Heidi > -Original Message- > From: tos-boun...@teachin

[TOS] Enhanced POSSE - we'd like feedback

Hi Folks, I know that some of you have been wondering what the OpenFE team has been doing with regards to POSSE. We've been working on enhancing and expanding the face-to-face workshop with pre- and post- activities. We've got an outline of what we'd like to do and we want feedback!!! The d

[TOS] Pre-SIGCSE Workshop

Hi Folks, Last call if you would like to participate in the pre-SIGCSE workshop to work on POSSE-based materials for faculty development! We've got a few folks, but could use a few more. And we'll pay for lunch! Please drop Greg Hislop (his...@drexel.edu) or Darci Burdge (darci.bur...@ncc.edu)

Re: [TOS] Contributing to the TOS textbook

+1 Yes, Jonathan please suggest changes for the book. We need folks to look at it with new eyes and make suggestions and improvements. I'd be happy to review any changes. Heidi > -Original Message- > From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos- > boun...@teachingopensource.org

Re: [TOS] Contributing to the TOS textbook

Another +1 The addition of materials to the list on TOS would be very helpful! Heidi > > Have you considered adding the link to your materials to the list of > resources on TOS? You could put it in the table here: > http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Teaching_Materials_Catalogue > > Cheer

[TOS] Maintainer of TOS??

Hi Folks, Could someone please identify the current maintainer of the TOS wiki? The OpenFE team is working on providing instructions on how to join TOS and we have encountered a couple of problems. 1. When you add or edit a URL (to the Roll Call page), the site requires you to comp

Re: [TOS] Desire to Contribute

Hi Matt, Welcome! There are some guidelines on how to get started with a FOSS community here: http://www.xcitegroup.org/softhum/doku.php?id=g:getting_started As well as some introductory level assignments here: http://www.xcitegroup.org/softhum/doku.php?id=f:assignments And the

Re: [TOS] Maintainer of TOS??

PM > To: tos@teachingopensource.org > Subject: Re: [TOS] Maintainer of TOS?? > > On 02/11/2013 02:47 PM, Heidi Ellis wrote: > > > > > 1. When you add or edit a URL (to the Roll Call page), the > site > > requires you to complete a captcha before saving the p

[TOS] POSSE Lives! - June 2-4, 2013, Be there!

a place in the workshop, please complete and submit the application available at: http://foss2serve.org/POSSE. Prior work with FOSS projects is not required. Submit to: Heidi Ellis at el...@wne.edu by April 1st 2013. We will notify you of the status of your application by April 8th, 2013. Sup

Re: [TOS] looking for feedback on ideas for an open source development course

Hi Seb, I agree with Jim’s comment that having students produce a FOSS project from scratch is too large a chunk to take on in a single semester. Students would better learn about open source culture and practices by joining an existing, on-going project. This would give them hands-on expe

Re: [TOS] looking for feedback on ideas for an open source development course

Hi Folks, Seb, I do want to encourage you as you take on this course. I think you're doing a great job at thinking through the issues and how to fit the course to your student body. A few thoughts... >The first is about the trade-off between assigning readings and practical >experience. What I'

Re: [TOS] looking for feedback on ideas for an open source development course

Let me start by saying this is a great conversation. I take all of your comments in the spirit of exploring the space and I definitely don't see anything that you've said as "push back". I am very much enjoying hearing your thoughts and opinions and trying to understand your audience. +1 to what

[TOS] Another resource for those working in the area of openness

Hi Folks, Just came across a new resource for those doing research in the area of openness. http://opennessandtransparency.net/ "The TOTO project is very excited to announce the launch of http://opennessandtransparency.net . The purpose of this res

[TOS] Another Successful POSSE!

Hi Folks, We've just completed another successful POSSE! We had around 20 participants and it was a huge success. More details at: http://heidiellis.wordpress.com You can see exactly what we did as Sam Rebelsky logged most of what we did at the bottom of the page: http://foss2serve

Re: [TOS] SIGCSE 2015, Red Hat, and you

Count me in! I'd be happy to help out. Heidi On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Tom Callaway wrote: > In March 2015, SIGCSE will be happening again (in Kansas City, KS, USA), > and for the first time, Red Hat will have a exhibit booth on the floor. > We'd like to use our booth space not only to pr

[TOS] Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing - Open Source Track

Want to meet awesome women in technology? Submit your talk proposal now. The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference will be held October 14-16, 2015 in Houston, TX (http://gracehopper.org/2015/

[TOS] Information Technology position at Western New England University

t me know if you have any questions. Heidi Ellis Professor CS & IT Department Western New England University 1215 Wilbraham Rd. Springfield, MA 01119 ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos

[TOS] Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing - Open Source Track

Hi Folks, Want to meet awesome women in technology? Submit your talk proposal now. The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference will be held October 19-21, 2016 in Houston, TX (http://gracehopper.org/2016/ ). Founded in 1996, the Grace Hopper Celebrati

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