[TOS] Greetings, and a modest proposal.
Greg Dekoenigsberg
gdk at redhat.com
Wed Mar 11 19:57:08 UTC 2009
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Therefore, let me propose a couple of ridiculously audacious goals and see
>> if anyone bites. :)
>
> What kind of community would this be without ridiculously audacious goals? :)
>
>
>> * * *
>>
>> GOAL #1: "Build a complete, modular, cross-disciplinary, widely endorsed,
>> freely redistributable curriculum, suitable for direct adoption or
>> customization by universities worldwide, within two years."
>
> Coming from the FOSS maintainer side of the table, I would like to add
> something.
>
> I would like guidelines, template, etc for a FOSS project to present
> itself to the academic community for use in curriculum.
Leslie! Sound off! :)
It seems to me like any FOSS project that elects to participate in Google
Summer of Code is already doing a substantial amount of the necessary
work: articulating bite-sized chunks of work that can be handled by
students. I'd love to be able to generalize this work, and if TOS can be
a large part of that effort, so much the better.
What else could we do? What would be the useful elements in such a
template?
> I have put it on my todo list to go over the ACM and ABET guidelines and
> try to see where my project could offer value. I don't know if this is
> of use or not.
>
> I want instructors to know they can approach our project and ask for
> help in identifying class exercises and student projects. You can talk
> to us. :)
>
> I see this as a two way street. I want to know what FOSS projects can
> do to start walking toward you folks.
Good points.
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