[TOS] Fwd: Paper in today's fir session on open source education...

[Mel Chua]

Passing on Steve's message because I didn't see this discussed anywhere 
else... (btw, for those at SIGITE -- how was West Point?)

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Subject: Paper in today's fir session on open source education...
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:50:58 -0400

Learning in the GNU/Linux Community

This paper presents an analysis of survey data provided by 4603 
respondents reflecting on learning within the context of GNU/Linux and 
other FOSS communities. The intent of the paper is to facilitate an 
evaluation of GNU/Linux and its properties as a participatory learning 
community by educational technologists, educators, education 
administrators, and other education stakeholders. In this paper, 
researchers analyze data to determine whether the GNU/Linux community 
exhibits significant characteristics of a community engaged in the 
process of legitimate peripheral participation.

http://sigite2011.sigite.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/session02-paper01.pdf