[IAEP] [SLOBS]: Request for certifications of developing an activity

[Sameer Verma]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
> Yes.
> Also, we must recommend working more in the open, I don't know why, but in
> particular students in universities
> are very reluctant to integrate to the community, and are happy dropping a
> "finished" product without interaction.
>
> Gonzalo
>

A lot of it has to do with motivation. Students typically pick up a
project because they have a requirement, and may be passionate about
the work at that moment, but needs of looking for a job, working on
other course assignments etc. will quickly supersede their original
project direction. The reluctance of integrating with the community
stems from the requirements of the project (schedule/deliverables are
course driven) and a usual lack of understanding of how FOSS projects
work. Once the university requirement is satisfied, their motivation
to continue typically goes away. However, if we are able to inculcate
in these students, a desire for working on these projects while they
are in the course, and integrate them into the community, then there
is hope of continued work.

cheers,
Sameer
-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Information Systems
Director, Campus Business Solutions
San Francisco State University
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
http://cbs.sfsu.edu/
http://is.sfsu.edu/


> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:37 AM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I like the idea of giving certificates, but I think we should take the
>> opportunity to enforce some simple best practices, like requiring a toolbar,
>> requiring Share and Keep buttons to be hidden if they aren't used, requiring
>> a proper icon for the Activity, etc.
>>
>> It might be nice to have two levels of certificate.  Since shared
>> Activities are more difficult to develop, maybe we have a separate
>> certificate for those.
>>
>> James Simmons
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Martin Dengler <martin at martindengler.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 06:11:31PM -0400, Chris Ball wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Jul 12 2011, Walter Bender wrote:
>>> > > Can we discuss this? I think it would be good to have a certificate
>>> > > program of some sort. I image that if we get sign-off by 2+
>>> > > experienced developers, we should be willing to award some sort of
>>> > > certificate (perhaps we can get the design team to work something
>>> > > up.)
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps we could tie the certificate-awarding to posting an activity on
>>> > ASLO and getting a review from someone on the Activity Team or
>>> > something?
>>>
>>> Perhaps even prominent reviewers on ASLO (are there any?).  Either way
>>> it's more sustainable and honest than herding developers to sign off
>>> on certificates.
>>>
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > - Chris.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
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