Hi Folks, Below is an announcement for a POSSE to be held June 2-4, 2013 in Philadelphia. Note that this POSSE's format includes pre-workshop activities in addition to a face-to-face meeting.
Enjoy! Heidi ----------------------- Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software An NSF-Supported Workshop to Enable Faculty to Involve Students in HFOSS Projects June 2-4, 2013 Drexel University, Philadelphia PA http://foss2serve.org This workshop is an extended version of the Red Hat, Inc. Professor's Open Source Summer Experience (POSSE), http://www.redhat.com/posse/. The goal of this workshop is to: . Prepare instructors to teach courses in which students participate in HFOSS projects in a variety of ways. . Help instructors meet other instructors who are interested in working together on HFOSS education. Workshop Format The OpenFE workshop is for instructors who have a strong desire to support student involvement in HFOSS projects. Unlike many workshops in which the content is concentrated in the face-go-face meeting, the OpenFE workshop has three stages: Stage 1 - Starts approximately April 22nd, 2013 with online activities. These activities will also include interaction with the foss2serve team and workshop participants. The activities will take approximately 12-15 hours in total and are divided into three two-week stages. Online meetings will be held with groups of participants periodically to answer questions and help guide learning. Stage 2 - The actual face-to-face workshop held in Philadelphia June 2-4. The face-to-face interactions will be lead by a team of representatives including FOSS organizations and POSSE alumni. During this time, participants will learn how the material that they have been absorbing prior to the face-to-face event is used in actual FOSS projects. Participants will also learn ways to incorporate that material into their classes and identify and/or create actual assignments. Stage 3 - Starts immediate after stage 2 and consists of interactions among small groups so that participants will have support while involving students in an HFOSS project in the classroom. These groups will be 6-10 participants who are focused on a particular HFOSS project. The idea being that group members can share knowledge and even work collaboratively on the same HFOSS project. How to Apply To apply for a place in the workshop, please complete and submit the application available at: http://foss2serve.org/POSSE. Prior work with FOSS projects is not required. Submit to: Heidi Ellis at [email protected] by April 1st 2013. We will notify you of the status of your application by April 8th, 2013. Support NSF funding will provide some support for participant expenses. This support will provide 2 nights lodging and meals during the workshop. Travel costs will also be covered within the budget limits. At least $450 will be available for travel for each participant, with additional funds provided to the extent possible.
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