An Open Source Software Culture in the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum

John David N. Dionisio; Caskey L. Dickson; Stephanie E. August; Philip M. Dorin; Ray Toal

An Open Source Software Culture in the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum

John David N. Dionisio, Caskey L. Dickson, Stephanie E. August, Philip M. Dorin, Ray Toal

Loyola Marymount University

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Abstract

Open source software has made inroads into mainstream computing where it was once the territory of software altruists, and the open source culture of technological collegiality and accountability may benefit education as well as industry. This paper describes the Recourse project, which seeks to transform the computer science undergraduate curriculum through teaching methods based on open source principles, values, ethics, and tools. Recourse differs from similar projects by bringing the open source culture into the curriculum comprehensively, systematically, and institutionally. The current state of the project is described, and initial results from a pilot exercise are presented.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	70-74
Journal	ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Volume	39
Issue number	2
State	Published - Jun 2007

Keywords

open source software development
curriculum reform
teaching framework

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

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