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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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