Heidi, Thank you very very much for this through and thoughtful feedback. We are meeting next week to review your, and other feedback to inform a more solid version for testing (we can call it beta!), and will keep this list informed.
Much appreciated again -Emma On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Heidi Ellis <heidi.el...@wne.edu> wrote: > 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 > listtos@teachingopensource.orghttp://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > TOS website: http://teachingopensource.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > TOS website: http://teachingopensource.org/ > > -- -- Emma Irwin
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