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What for?EOF and OpenSE
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ÉOF and OpenSE experiments
Olivier RicouLRDE / EPITA
fOSSa 2011
2010-10-26
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How can we use FOSS to teach ComputerSciences ?
FOSS as a tool
use FOSS as everyday tools (EOF / EPITA)
implicit knowledge −→ integration in FOSS project easier
FOSS' spirit
what does it means Free? (EOF / OpenSE)
legal implications −→ professional uses, civil rights
FOSS as learning material
join an Apache project to learn (OpenSE)
resume open project of last year (OpenSE / LRDE)
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École Ouverte Francophone
http://www.eof.eu.org/
A non-pro�t organisation (Alix Mascret president).
Online courses. One main formation:
Certi�cation Professionnelle aux LL (CPLL)
Administrator (System/Network) of systems based in FLOSS
25 weeks
300 hours
technician curriculum (bachelor)
Started in January 2006, should die in 2012.
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Open educational framework for computerscience Software Engineeringhttp://www.opense.net/
EU project � Lifelong Learning Programme
Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação � SPI
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki � AUTH
Free Knowledge Institute � FKI
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos � URJC
University of Oxford � OSS Watch
University of Maastricht / UNU-MERIT � UNU-MERIT
Tampere University Technology � TUT
Ecole pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancees � EPITA
The Open University � The OU
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OpenSE founding principles
Social inclusion, participation and empowerment of all citizens,
Access to knowledge and specially educational resources andtechnology,
Promote a culture of sharing and cooperation,
Encourage diversity of culture and perspectives,
Collaboration and innovation to develop e�ective andsustainable solutions.
Objectives
A common uno�cial learning place
Combine formal and informal learning
Participatory learning experiences
Bene�t from others' achievements
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EOF toolsPure online courses.
Amarante
Initial cooperation with ENST to produce an e-learning platform:
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Use real tools
Software needed (FLOSS of course):
OS (Linux Debian)communication tools (mail, chat, mailing list...)report tools (docbook, latex)publication tools (apache, )versioning system (svn)system tools (UNIX, LDAP, DNS...)
24/7 hotline (merci Alix et Jean-Philippe)
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OpenSE toolsMix online / classroom courses.
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A web site:
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Learning material
Courses (26)
eduGames (1)
Guides for Learners (20)
Guides for Mentors, Assisants and usage (5)
Most courses from Free Technology Academy & University J. Carlos
Apache Software Foundation mentoring
Learners choose ASF project,
Learners helped by experienced mentors from the ASF,
A moral contract between both,
Not only coding, not only for students from universities.
A free (as beer) open Google Summer of Code all the year.
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EOF sessions
name begin end # students
daemon janv. 2006 juin 2006 11udp sept. 2006 mars 2007 08/proc mars 2007 juin 2007 07/sys nov 2007 juin 2008 14/boot nov 2008 juin 2009 09/dev nov 2009 juin 2010 16
nov 2010 juin 2011 0/tmp nov 2011 juin 2012 15
Table: CPLL sessions
All students found a job
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OpenSE sessions
Main user: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Hundreds of student involved in 3 years.
"We liked the learning experience because it was di�erent from
formal education and because we had the freedom to choose our
tasks and project methods."
Forum
About 250 messages in 3 years −→ 2 messages per work week
Apache mentoring
No candidate
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Conclusion
pros
FOSS as tool works
FOSS as learning material −→ good results for the student
cons
di�cult (impossible ?) to involve a class in FOSS projects
increase teachers work
substainability is a major issue
As a learner, teacher or mentor openSE has something to o�er to
you, thus why not giving back to openSE?
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