FOSS Politics Writing Activity
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Revision as of 16:34, 15 November 2014
FOSS Politics Writing Activity
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Preparation:
Description | This activity helps student investigate politics within the open-source community. |
Source | Ed Mirelli |
Prerequisite Knowledge | Basic knowledge of definition of Open Source |
Estimated Time to Completion | 2 weeks |
Learning Objectives | Close reading of articles. Identifying concepts and relationships. Writing communication. |
Materials/Environment | Current events articles or papers |
Rights | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License |
Turn In | Written abstract or essay
Background:Every community has politics. Understanding those politics is important work effectively within a community. This activity helps student investigate politics within the open-source community.
Directions:Read articles that discuss the organizational and institutional view of FOSS, focusing on how communications in FOSS projects are organized and structured, and how FOSS projects have inherent politics. The outcomes of this activty is the production of a summary (extended abstract) address the research methods used to study these situations - this could be modified to address more pertinent aspects about the FOSS community. Articles that have been used in the past, include:
Specific TasksNotes on Use
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