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'''(1) Mozilla@Seneca, looking at learning in a large open source community [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page]''' | '''(1) Mozilla@Seneca, looking at learning in a large open source community [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page]''' | ||
These courses take students directly into the Mozilla project and community, teaching them how to cope at scale with complex technology and open source collaboration. Students are taught the skills necessary to become active contributors on Firefox, Thunderbird, etc., and are expected to do real project work (i.e., work on bugs and enhancements chosen in consultation with Mozilla). The approach to teaching Mozilla is to use Mozilla's technology and community platform, from blogs to irc to wikis to bugzilla. This makes it easy for students and Mozilla contributors to blend naturally. Below are some links relevant resources: | |||
* [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/DPS909_Fall_2008 DPS909] - first Mozilla/Open Source course, and [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/DPS909_and_OSD600_Fall_2008_Weekly_Schedule weekly schedule] of what we actually do. | |||
* [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/DPS911 DPS911], second Mozilla/Open source course, following on with the work from the first course. | |||
* A [http://chris.tylers.info/ols2008/opensource-seneca-ols2008.pdf paper (pdf)] written by my colleague, [http://blog.chris.tylers.info/ Chris Tyler], explaining our immersive method of teaching open source. | |||
* Our student [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet/ blog planet] (currently a mix of students working on Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, Eclipse WTP, and Fedora). | |||
* A few examples of student blogs that show the sort of work people do in the course. These give a sense of the diversity, in terms of products/tools, types of coding, and areas of work. All of our students work on different projects, and we try to pair them with work that meets their passions. | * A few examples of student blogs that show the sort of work people do in the course. These give a sense of the diversity, in terms of products/tools, types of coding, and areas of work. All of our students work on different projects, and we try to pair them with work that meets their passions. | ||
** Nino is working on the Fennec Mobile browser (GPS features) | ** [http://www.ndaversa.com/ Nino] is working on the Fennec Mobile browser (GPS features) | ||
** [http://ashughes.com/ Anthony] is working on adding BitTorrent support to Songbird. | |||
** [http://blog.sidkalra.com/ Sid] is working on improvements to Mozilla's Mercurial Web interface (basically a portal to see the changes to the code). | |||
** [http://twlai1.blogspot.com/ Tony] is working to change how the browser responds to requests from javascript to move/resize requests. | |||
* A [http://www.mozilla24.com/en-US/programs/stanford/g1-3.html talk (video)] I gave at Stanford's Mozilla 24 event, discussing my approach to working in, and learning how to cope with, an open community the size of Mozilla. | |||
'''(2) David Wiley: Open Education Course at Brigham Young University [http://open.byu.edu/ipt692r-wiley/]''' | '''(2) David Wiley: Open Education Course at Brigham Young University [http://open.byu.edu/ipt692r-wiley/]''' | ||