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| '''THIS PAGE IS A DRAFT.'''  '''The title of this page is not meant to reflect any branding.'''  It's just a place to keep notes developed from the post-panel discussions at the [http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2008/?q=node/38 Teaching Open Source track] of [http://2008.fsoss.com FSOSS 2008].
 
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== Apprentice and teaching models ==
 
 
* How do open source projects contribute time, energy
 
* Financial models
 
* Bringing open source into humanities/social sciences
 
 
System Biz model vs. Practice ????
 
* List of ???? that need to be written (????)
 
* Hand holding to point contributors to a better (????) place
 
* Application of projects to ???? (????) requires additional tasks that need work
 
* Profiling of projects
 
* Creation of "safe plpaces" where ????
 
* ?????
 
 
== Professional incentives ==
 
 
* Skills to teach OS
 
* How to embed in a community
 
* Offices of technical transfer
 
* Tenure, research, training
 
* Teach open source culture to students earlier in program
 
* Adopt open source software
 
 
== What can we do together going forward? ==
 
 
* Academics
 
* Business
 
* Foundations
 
* Open source communities
 
 
* Outline who is out there doing what
 
* Consortium of "us" -- people serious about growing teaching model (funding)
 
* Identify 1 or 2 new places where open source can be taught
 
* How do you educate government?
 
** Get serious partners
 
 
== Key lessons ==
 
 
* Publications != open source participation
 
* Develop understanding of value
 
* No incentive (personal)
 
* Sponsors
 
** Real contribution
 
** Reading of talent
 
* Have open source contributors "in residence" at universities
 
* Generate confidence by participating
 
* Trust and validation
 
* Expanding academics involved + business schools
 
* How do we evaluate students?
 
* How do we get involved?
 
* Senior open source people mentored the professor and conveyed reputation
 
* What do programs need to competent
 
* Community's investment in teaching or helping teaching
 
* What's the upper limit of a community/growth?
 
** Godfrey
 
* How do open source communities structure themselves to be open to participation and scalable?
 
* Involve technical writing program
 
* Colleges vs. universities == teaching vs. research
 

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