innovating in the commons

Innovating in the Commons

A Method to the Madness

Sameer Verma, Ph.D.

Information SystemsSan Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California, USA

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Job description

Teaching. Research. Service.

Teaching

ISYS 573 - Managing Open Source

HistoryCollaboration

Creative CommonsLicensing

Business ModelsAssessment

Adoption and Use

Research

The role of serial entrepreneurs in the internationalization of global start-ups.

A business case

Journal of Strategic Management Education Vol 6: Issue 1, 2010

Alberto Onetti, Marco Talaia, Vincenza Odorici, Manuela Presutti, Sameer Verma

http://www.senatehall.com/strategic-management?article=368

Service

Drupal Community of Practice

http://drupal.sfsu.edu

Just say “No!” to committees

Three significant projects

San Francisco State University Learning Management Services

Moodle (http://moodle.org) Content Management Services

Drupal (http://drupal.org) E-Portfolio Services

Mahara (http://mahara.org)

Establish a need

Needs of the campus Students, Staff, Faculty

Total Cost of Ownership 5 year time frame

Buy vs Build Interoperability

In-house expertise Create employment!

Cross-campus development

California State University system

What drives platform choice?

Flavor of the day Code Documentation Training Integration Support Support Support …

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Open Source Maturity Model

Created by NavicaSoft Released under the Open Academic License Multi-criteria assessment Weighted scoring approach

http://web.archive.org/web/20080731125905/http://www.navicasoft.com/Thanks to our friends at the Internet Archive!

Open Source Maturity Model

OSMM Criteria

Product Software Support Documentation Training Integration Professional Services

Using FOSS

Use vs Participation Active involvement within the California State

University system Active involvement with the projects Participation is tough

Using FOSS

Use vs Participation Active involvement within the California State

University system Active involvement with the projects Participation is tough

Extending beyond campus

http://olpcsf.org

olpc San Francisco

http://olpcsf.org/summit

Pilots at:Providence Basic School

August Town Primary School

http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

One Laptop per Child Jamaica

In a nutshell

Don't ask for permission first.If need be, ask for forgiveness later.