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Scaling a framework for client-driven open source software projects: a report from three schools

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Bonnie K. MacKellar,

Mihaela Sabin,

Allen TuckerAuthors Info & Claims

Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 28, Issue 6

Pages 140 - 147

Published: 01 June 2013 Publication History

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While large ongoing humanitarian open source software (HFOSS) projects are often seen as a way to engage students in capstone courses, they can be difficult to incorporate into an academic setting. One way this problem can be mitigated is by growing student-oriented open source projects within academia while still involving real world clients. One such project, called Homebase, involved a team of students working with a local Ronald McDonald House to develop volunteer scheduling software. In true open source fashion, this project has since been extended over a number of course iterations, with different clients, and has been adopted at other schools. In this paper, we report on our experiences using this approach for similar projects at three quite different schools, and discuss ways to adapt and enhance this approach for differing student populations.

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H. J. C. Ellis, M. Purcell, and G. W. Hislop, "An approach for evaluating FOSS projects for student participation," Proceedings of the 43^rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - SIGCSE '12, p. 415, 2012.

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Morelli, R., T. de Lanerolle, and A. Tucker, "The HFOSS Project: Engaging Students in Service Learning through Building Software," Chapter 5 in Nejmeh, B (ed), Service Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences, Wiley and IEEE Press, 2012.

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Tucker, A., R. Morelli, R., and C. de Silva, Software Development: An Open Source Approach, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2011.

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Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges Volume 28, Issue 6

June 2013

203 pages

ISSN:1937-4771

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Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges

Evansville, IN, United States

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Published: 01 June 2013

Published in JCSC Volume 28, Issue 6

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Robledo Yamamoto FBarker LVoida A(2023)CISing Up Service Learning: A Systematic Review of Service Learning Experiences in Computer and Information ScienceACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/361077623:3(1-56)Online publication date: 12-Sep-2023
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Postner LEllis HHislop GBarnes TGarcia DHawthorne EPérez-Quiñones M(2018)A Survey of Instructors' Experiences Supporting StudentLearning using HFOSS ProjectsProceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education10.1145/3159450.3159524(203-208)Online publication date: 21-Feb-2018
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Braught GMaccormick JBowring JBurke QCutler BGoldschmidt DKrishnamoorthy MTurner WHuss-Lederman SMackellar BTucker A(2018)A Multi-Institutional Perspective on H/FOSS Projects in the Computing CurriculumACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/314547618:2(1-31)Online publication date: 11-Jul-2018
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