Gregory W. Hislop
Heidi J.C. Ellis
ABSTRACT
This panel will discuss issues and methods for incorporating free and open source software (FOSS) in computer science education. The panelists are investigating approaches to student participation in FOSS that produce results that are contributed to the FOSS community and actually used by others.
- Ellis, H. J. C., Morelli, R. A., and Hislop, G. W. 2008. Support for Educating Software Engineers Through Humanitarian Open Source Projects, 21st Annual Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, Charleston, SC. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Tucker, A. 2008. Teaching client-driven software development. Unpublished manuscript, August, 2008.Google Scholar
- Chopra, S. and Dexter, S. 2007. Decoding Liberation: A Philosophical Investigation of Free Software. New York: Routledge. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- Using open source software to engage students in computer science education
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