Very nice! Thanks Joanna and Heidi. Wes
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 5:35 PM Joanna Klukowska <joann...@cs.nyu.edu> wrote: > Hi Heidi, > > Thanks for sharing and starting this thread. > > I actually created a new topic in my Open Source Software Development > class last spring that went really well and students had a lot of positive > feedback about it. I titled it "Open Efforts regarding COVID 19". > > It happened about a month after we went remote and in the midst of NYC > outbreak. The assignment was very open and intentionally not specific: > - research open efforts in the area of COVID-19 pandemic > - add links to the resources you find to the wiki page in the course > organization > - be ready to discuss your findings in class on Monday, Apr. 13 > I explained that they are not limited to software projects but they should > look for anything that is open in nature. > The collection of links that students created is attached. > > During the next class and a half we went over the list and students spent > about 2-3 minutes talking about the project/effort that they found. Some of > these generated further discussion. We kept notes in a shared etherpad, but > unfortunately, I let it expire before I got the copy of the notes ;( > Then we spent some time talking about categories of these efforts: > hardware vs. data vs. software, large organizations vs. small or > individuals, existing projects working on a new cause vs. brand new efforts > that started to deal with a new situation, projects that are specific to > the locality vs. more generally applicable ones (at that point the students > were dispersed all over the world), etc. > There were also some critical comments about why there are so many efforts > for data visualization and what the value is that they bring to the table, > or about safety of an open sourced "make your own test at home" > instructions. > > Students were very impressed seeing the range of efforts they found and > seeing how open source projects can quickly spring up to respond to a > crisis. I think for a lot of the students who had sick family members and > who were displaced due to the outbreak in NYC this was a way to see > relevance of what they were part of to what was going on. None of my > students ended up working on COVID-19 related projects during the class > (for several reasons), but I think this was a valuable lesson and > definitely the most active class discussion that we had in the course of > the entire semester. > > > Here are a few blog posts from that week with comments on the discussion: > > https://nyu-ossd-s20.github.io/Jen-Lopez-weekly/week11/ > https://nyu-ossd-s20.github.io/mattfan00-weekly/week11/ > https://nyu-ossd-s20.github.io/niniack-weekly/week-12/ > https://nyu-ossd-s20.github.io/hkajs-weekly/week11/ > https://nyu-ossd-s20.github.io/pmets-weekly/week11/ > https://nyu-ossd-s20.github.io/evading1998-weekly/week12/ > > --- > > In the fall, I am back to teaching my Data Structure class. I usually use > an open data set for the coding projects. This year it will most likely be > COVID-19 related, but I do not have any specific one yet. > > > Hope everybody is staying safe! > Best, > Joanna > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Joanna Klukowska, PhD > Clinical Assistant Professor > Department of Computer Science > Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU > Warren Weaver Hall, Room 423joann...@cs.nyu.eduhttp://cs.nyu.edu/~joannakl/ > Office hours (Spring 2020): > Monday 12:30-2:30pm, Thursday 11:00am-12:00pm > ---------------------------------------------------- > > On 7/12/20 3:13 PM, Heidi Ellis wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I have been thinking about my fall classes and HFOSS and thought I'd share > my thoughts. As the summer progresses, I’m finding a new rhythm to > preparing my fall classes. It is clear that even though my institution is > hoping to hold the majority of classes in person, I need to be able to take > all of my classes online at any moment. And yes, the does mean that class > preparation is at least doubled. > > I have been focusing on my Software Engineering course which is a fairly > standard coverage of Requirements, Design, Test, etc. In my case, I am > setting students up for their Capstone class which meets in the spring > term. In Capstone, students will be contributing to the Bear Necessities > Market <https://librefoodpantry.org/#/projects/BEAR-Necessities-Market/> > which is an HFOSS application to support the food pantry located on Western > New England University’s campus. BNM is one of several food pantry > applications being developed by instructors within the Libre Food Pantry > <https://librefoodpantry.org/#/education/> community. In my Software > Engineering course, we use BNM to investigate real-world requirements, > design, test and more. We also learn the environment of a real HFOSS > project so that students are able to make code contribution in the Capstone > course. > > As I’ve been thinking about how to best support learning, I realized that, > due to COVID-19, the BNM will Likely need to implement some form of a visit > schedule in order to support social distancing as our pantry has very > limited space. I can see lots of ways that I can bring this into my > classroom and I’m excited at the possibilities the provides for students to > solve problems that are of critical immediacy! What are you all doing? > Please share your ideas! > > Heidi > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- -- * Wesley D. Turner, Ph.D. * Director of the Rensselaer Center for Open Source and Senior Lecturer | Department of Computer Science | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 110 8th Street | Troy, New York 12180-3590 | turn...@rpi.edu | (518)276-8184
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