[TOS] Greetings, and a modest proposal.

[Carlos Jensen]

Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote:
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>> 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 think there is an opportunity here to get FOSS projects talking to 
academics simply by compiling a list of academic-friendly projects, who 
the contact persons are, what kind of project it is, maybe minimum 
qualifications/skills sought, and a list of project ideas. Kind of 
inspired by the ROSE site ncsu keeps (http://agile.csc.ncsu.edu/rose/)

We could do something fancier, but a simple wiki like that might be a 
good start. Maybe something similar for academics looking for project 
ideas (prof looking fro project ideas for usability class etc.) might be 
good too...


>> 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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