Professors' Open Source Summer Experience
Izhar Firdaus
Get someone to start this in Malaysia? .. hehe
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=== About POSSE ===
There are more professors than ever hoping to teach the open source
development process to their students -- but working in the open
source world can be a daunting proposition. Professors themselves have
only a limited amount of time to learn about open source, and are
often unsure about how, exactly, to get started.
POSSE (Professors' Open Source Summer Experience) is designed for
these professors. Sponsored by Red Hat, the POSSE program is a
weeklong bootcamp that will immerse professors in open source
projects. Participants spend a week of intensive participation in
selected open source projects, led by professors with experience in
teaching open source development, in partnership with community
members who have deep experience and insight. By the end of the
session, participants should have a much better understanding of the
workings of open source projects, and a strong network of contacts to
lean on as they begin to bring students into the open source world.
=== Get involved ===
If you like the idea of more professors teaching open source, we need
your help! Check the list below if there's something you're interested
in helping with; if you have ideas for something not on this list or
are interested in helping out but don't know where to start, drop into
the #teachingopensource-posse IRC channel on Freenode or email
po...@teachingopensource.org and we'll find a way for you to get
involved. We're looking for ideas, feedback, and input, and every
question you ask helps us make the next POSSE even better, so please
ask!
=== Organize your own POSSE ===
If you are interested in organizing or helping with a POSSE at your
location during the summer of 2010, or are curious about what might be
involved in such an undertaking, join the mailing list and send an
email to the list with the subject "I'd like to plan a POSSE." In that
email, introduce yourself and let us know when and where you're
thinking of running your POSSE and what questions you have, and we'll
be glad to talk with you about the process.
=== Contact ===
For more information about POSSE, email us at po...@teachingopensource.org.
In the meantime, these resources may be helpful.
Wiki: POSSE is using the TeachingOpenSource wiki space. Please feel
free to edit any of these pages. If you're creating new pages, please
prefix the page title with "POSSE".
IRC: The channel on Freenode will be used for POSSE-specific IRC
communication. Participants are encouraged to join the larger
TeachingOpenSource community in the #teachingopensource as well.
Mailing list: The Teaching Open Source mailing list is a good place
for POSSE-related discussion.
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Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail
Amano Hikaru 天野晃 「あまの ひかる」
Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MohdIzharFirdaus
http://blog.kagesenshi.org
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