Hi Emma, Sorry that it has taken me time to get to this. I've gone through the first two modules. Overall, this is a really nice effort! Well constructed and engaging. Nice job!!
I've included my comments at the end of this email. I'm assuming that some folks will use these materials as self-study and my comments reflect that. Feel free to adopt or reject as you see fit. Heidi ------------------- 1. Open in an Attitude: * I've used the "Endless Possibilities" video in a freshman-level class to help introduce open source and I like it. * I like the diversity in the "What is Open Source" video. I'm wondering if it might be helpful to have some idea of the participants in the video so that people who are watching the video understand the positioning of the speakers within the larger open source context. * The Assignment "Explore the Open" feels very open ended. I expect that some students will need some direction or hints about where to look for the various aspects. For instance, pointing folks at an OER repository for "The use of Creative Commons license" and GitHub for the "Open Source code" item. * "The Mozilla Story: Making The World You Want" looked like it was a video, but I couldn't find anything to click. * In the "Open Source Career Map", the section "My essential open source story includes", I'm not clear what belongs there. Is this where people put characteristics of an ideal community? I'm not sure that folks know enough about how communities work at this point to be able to complete this section. I have a similar story for "My preferred open source story includes:". This isn't a big deal as students could simply skip these sections. An example might be helpful here. * The last question in the quiz: "Think about the 3 internet movements, how do they apply to you and your goals for open source?" I'm not sure what is meant by "internet movements". I'm not familiar with that term. 2. Stepping Into Open Source * The discussion in "Finding a Project" emphasizes code. But many people start by making a non-code contribution such as documentation. Providing readers with the understanding that making a contribution is a gradual process and indicating that starting by making a small contribution can build into larger code contributions might be helpful. I understand that this appears in the "Ways to contribute" section, but it might be helpful to highlight it earlier. * Nice to see HFOSS being highlighted!! You might want to include a link to HFOSS projects: http://foss2serve.org/index.php/HFOSS_Projects * A resource that may be helpful in this section is ohloh.net. This site provides nice overview of many open source projects including things like programming languages used and number of lines of code. * The video "A crash course in open source licensing" might be too long. At an hour and 26 minutes, many folks may not even start the video. I'm wondering if there isn't a shorter intro video? * Sarah Sharp's video " Improving Diversity Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs" is also long. Asking some questions directly from the video in the Reading & Discussion section would provide motivation for watching the video. On 11/09/2017 10:37 PM, Emma Irwin wrote: Hi, This is an update to a request I made earlier in the summer for review of curriculum intended to teach open source to students as part of Mozilla Open Source Clubs<https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/open-source-needs-students-to-thrive-2ff26cca4735>. I have up, a Alpha version of that course with three modules <https://emmairwin.github.io/learning-open-source/> (each with learning sections). If you are interested in reviewing with a critical eye, or testing any of these with your students, I would be most happy to consult that process. Additionally I have in the README names of people who have contributed so far, if you contributed but don't see your name there - please email me directly - or submit a pull request :) There are some areas that are incomplete, but they are usually noted with A TODO or comment to that fact . Thanks for your help, -- -- Emma Irwin _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org<mailto:tos@teachingopensource.org> http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos TOS website: http://teachingopensource.org/
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