Greg - Well put. I think it's essential to think about POSSEs on two levels. One relates to technical knowledge. The other relates to the attempt to mix or create common purpose across two very different cultures - FOSS and higher education. We all know that the required technical knowledge does not require particular formal educational background. But for the cultural issues, we need knowledgeable guides from each world.
Matt's comments also provide an important perspective - that we need to be thinking not just of learning by POSSE participants, but how to successfully translate that into organizational change in higher education. Unless we get to that level, the POSSE impact will be very limited. Greg Hislop -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg DeKoenigbserg Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:58 AM To: Matthew Jadud Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TOS] How to become a POSSE instructor On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Matthew Jadud wrote: > Professors teaching professors isn't interesting, it's your bridge into > the culture. I laughed out loud at this. It's humble, hilarious, and exactly right. Look, the FOSS world has done plenty to alienate academia already, whether intentionally or not. From where I sit, the greatest single value of TOS is in having a set of professors who are deeply sympathetic to the FOSS idea and its potential, but can guide us through the labyrinth of academia. Which is, incidentally, exactly what POSSE is, only in reverse. It's a set of FOSS advocates who are deeply sympathetic to the potential of academia to enhance FOSS immeasurably, but can guide professors through the labyrinth of FOSS. --g -- Educational materials should be high-quality, collaborative, and free. Visit http://opensource.com/education and join the conversation. _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
