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The document describes a free software course for undergraduate students at Universite Paris Diderot that has been offered annually since 2007. The course consists of 8 weeks of lectures covering topics like the history and philosophy of free software, economics of free software, and free software development models. This is followed by 4-5 weeks where students complete individual research projects on free software topics and present their findings to the class. Previous student projects have covered topics such as prominent free software organizations and projects, free software distributions, and social aspects of free software communities. The course aims to educate students about free software who may not have technical backgrounds.
Fossa 2010-ralf
- 1. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report A Free Software course for undergraduates An experience report Ralf Treinen UFR Informatique Universit´e Paris Diderot treinen@pps.jussieu.fr
- 2. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report The course Course given once per year since 2007 Format: 2h per week in a classroom. Audience: Second-year undergraduate students at Universit´e Paris-7 Students from all subject areas, except . . . . . . Computer Science (they have their own course in the 4th year) This is one of the courses that students may take outside of their specific curriculum. Previous years: 6 to 20 students per year.
- 3. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report The course Course given once per year since 2007 Format: 2h per week in a classroom. Audience: Second-year undergraduate students at Universit´e Paris-7 Students from all subject areas, except . . . . . . Computer Science (they have their own course in the 4th year) This is one of the courses that students may take outside of their specific curriculum. Previous years: 6 to 20 students per year.
- 4. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report The course Course given once per year since 2007 Format: 2h per week in a classroom. Audience: Second-year undergraduate students at Universit´e Paris-7 Students from all subject areas, except . . . . . . Computer Science (they have their own course in the 4th year) This is one of the courses that students may take outside of their specific curriculum. Previous years: 6 to 20 students per year.
- 5. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report The course Course given once per year since 2007 Format: 2h per week in a classroom. Audience: Second-year undergraduate students at Universit´e Paris-7 Students from all subject areas, except . . . . . . Computer Science (they have their own course in the 4th year) This is one of the courses that students may take outside of their specific curriculum. Previous years: 6 to 20 students per year.
- 6. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report The course Course given once per year since 2007 Format: 2h per week in a classroom. Audience: Second-year undergraduate students at Universit´e Paris-7 Students from all subject areas, except . . . . . . Computer Science (they have their own course in the 4th year) This is one of the courses that students may take outside of their specific curriculum. Previous years: 6 to 20 students per year.
- 7. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report The course Course given once per year since 2007 Format: 2h per week in a classroom. Audience: Second-year undergraduate students at Universit´e Paris-7 Students from all subject areas, except . . . . . . Computer Science (they have their own course in the 4th year) This is one of the courses that students may take outside of their specific curriculum. Previous years: 6 to 20 students per year.
- 8. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report The course Course given once per year since 2007 Format: 2h per week in a classroom. Audience: Second-year undergraduate students at Universit´e Paris-7 Students from all subject areas, except . . . . . . Computer Science (they have their own course in the 4th year) This is one of the courses that students may take outside of their specific curriculum. Previous years: 6 to 20 students per year.
- 9. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Previous knowledge of students Everybody uses a computer (in particular for word processing) Very few have a completely free software installation (GNU/Linux) on their own computer. University computers used for teaching are FreeBSD, but students are rarely aware of the fact that this is free. At home, students often use isolated free software (OpenOffice) Wikipedia (as another free project) is more “visible” with its particular philosophy
- 10. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Previous knowledge of students Everybody uses a computer (in particular for word processing) Very few have a completely free software installation (GNU/Linux) on their own computer. University computers used for teaching are FreeBSD, but students are rarely aware of the fact that this is free. At home, students often use isolated free software (OpenOffice) Wikipedia (as another free project) is more “visible” with its particular philosophy
- 11. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Previous knowledge of students Everybody uses a computer (in particular for word processing) Very few have a completely free software installation (GNU/Linux) on their own computer. University computers used for teaching are FreeBSD, but students are rarely aware of the fact that this is free. At home, students often use isolated free software (OpenOffice) Wikipedia (as another free project) is more “visible” with its particular philosophy
- 12. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Previous knowledge of students Everybody uses a computer (in particular for word processing) Very few have a completely free software installation (GNU/Linux) on their own computer. University computers used for teaching are FreeBSD, but students are rarely aware of the fact that this is free. At home, students often use isolated free software (OpenOffice) Wikipedia (as another free project) is more “visible” with its particular philosophy
- 13. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Previous knowledge of students Everybody uses a computer (in particular for word processing) Very few have a completely free software installation (GNU/Linux) on their own computer. University computers used for teaching are FreeBSD, but students are rarely aware of the fact that this is free. At home, students often use isolated free software (OpenOffice) Wikipedia (as another free project) is more “visible” with its particular philosophy
- 14. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 15. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 16. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 17. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 18. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 19. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 20. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 21. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 22. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 23. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report First part of the course: lecture (8 weeks) Introduction Foundation of computing (3 lectures) : programming (Logo), issues in software engineering, operating systems, . . . History of free software Philosophy of free and open source software, legal aspects (licences) Software development in the FOSS world - the cathedral and the bazaar Debian as an example of a volunteer project Economics of free software: How is it possible to make money by publishing free software? Why is it important for a client to buy a software solution that is based on FOSS?
- 24. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Second part of the course: student projects (4-5 weeks) Each student has to a small research project on a FOSS topic. Presentation in class (about 30 minutes), plus questions from the teacher and the class. The teacher suggests a list of subjects, students are invited to propose their own subject (done by about 50% of the students) Ideally, each students meets twice with the teacher before the presentation to discuss literature, and structure of the talk. Students are encouraged to be active (try to install a software, contribute something to a free project like Wikipedia or openstreetmap)
- 25. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Second part of the course: student projects (4-5 weeks) Each student has to a small research project on a FOSS topic. Presentation in class (about 30 minutes), plus questions from the teacher and the class. The teacher suggests a list of subjects, students are invited to propose their own subject (done by about 50% of the students) Ideally, each students meets twice with the teacher before the presentation to discuss literature, and structure of the talk. Students are encouraged to be active (try to install a software, contribute something to a free project like Wikipedia or openstreetmap)
- 26. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Second part of the course: student projects (4-5 weeks) Each student has to a small research project on a FOSS topic. Presentation in class (about 30 minutes), plus questions from the teacher and the class. The teacher suggests a list of subjects, students are invited to propose their own subject (done by about 50% of the students) Ideally, each students meets twice with the teacher before the presentation to discuss literature, and structure of the talk. Students are encouraged to be active (try to install a software, contribute something to a free project like Wikipedia or openstreetmap)
- 27. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Second part of the course: student projects (4-5 weeks) Each student has to a small research project on a FOSS topic. Presentation in class (about 30 minutes), plus questions from the teacher and the class. The teacher suggests a list of subjects, students are invited to propose their own subject (done by about 50% of the students) Ideally, each students meets twice with the teacher before the presentation to discuss literature, and structure of the talk. Students are encouraged to be active (try to install a software, contribute something to a free project like Wikipedia or openstreetmap)
- 28. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Second part of the course: student projects (4-5 weeks) Each student has to a small research project on a FOSS topic. Presentation in class (about 30 minutes), plus questions from the teacher and the class. The teacher suggests a list of subjects, students are invited to propose their own subject (done by about 50% of the students) Ideally, each students meets twice with the teacher before the presentation to discuss literature, and structure of the talk. Students are encouraged to be active (try to install a software, contribute something to a free project like Wikipedia or openstreetmap)
- 29. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Example projects Richard Stallman and the FSF LIMUX (Linux migration of the city of Munich) Presentation of particular free software projects (OpenOffice, Firefox, various games, various audio and video software). Popular with students when they can talk about the software they use for their hobby Distributions : Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, . . . Software Patents Other free projects : Wikipedia, wikitravel, openstreetmap, . . . Social aspects : Women in Free Software
- 30. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Example projects Richard Stallman and the FSF LIMUX (Linux migration of the city of Munich) Presentation of particular free software projects (OpenOffice, Firefox, various games, various audio and video software). Popular with students when they can talk about the software they use for their hobby Distributions : Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, . . . Software Patents Other free projects : Wikipedia, wikitravel, openstreetmap, . . . Social aspects : Women in Free Software
- 31. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Example projects Richard Stallman and the FSF LIMUX (Linux migration of the city of Munich) Presentation of particular free software projects (OpenOffice, Firefox, various games, various audio and video software). Popular with students when they can talk about the software they use for their hobby Distributions : Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, . . . Software Patents Other free projects : Wikipedia, wikitravel, openstreetmap, . . . Social aspects : Women in Free Software
- 32. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Example projects Richard Stallman and the FSF LIMUX (Linux migration of the city of Munich) Presentation of particular free software projects (OpenOffice, Firefox, various games, various audio and video software). Popular with students when they can talk about the software they use for their hobby Distributions : Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, . . . Software Patents Other free projects : Wikipedia, wikitravel, openstreetmap, . . . Social aspects : Women in Free Software
- 33. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Example projects Richard Stallman and the FSF LIMUX (Linux migration of the city of Munich) Presentation of particular free software projects (OpenOffice, Firefox, various games, various audio and video software). Popular with students when they can talk about the software they use for their hobby Distributions : Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, . . . Software Patents Other free projects : Wikipedia, wikitravel, openstreetmap, . . . Social aspects : Women in Free Software
- 34. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Example projects Richard Stallman and the FSF LIMUX (Linux migration of the city of Munich) Presentation of particular free software projects (OpenOffice, Firefox, various games, various audio and video software). Popular with students when they can talk about the software they use for their hobby Distributions : Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, . . . Software Patents Other free projects : Wikipedia, wikitravel, openstreetmap, . . . Social aspects : Women in Free Software
- 35. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Example projects Richard Stallman and the FSF LIMUX (Linux migration of the city of Munich) Presentation of particular free software projects (OpenOffice, Firefox, various games, various audio and video software). Popular with students when they can talk about the software they use for their hobby Distributions : Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, . . . Software Patents Other free projects : Wikipedia, wikitravel, openstreetmap, . . . Social aspects : Women in Free Software
- 36. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Stocktaking This is a course that is demanding (a lot of interaction), but nice to give. The students are interested by the course (one needs to keep the right non-technical level). The most interesting part for everybody is the project phase (which provides a natural limit on the class size)
- 37. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Stocktaking This is a course that is demanding (a lot of interaction), but nice to give. The students are interested by the course (one needs to keep the right non-technical level). The most interesting part for everybody is the project phase (which provides a natural limit on the class size)
- 38. A Free Software course for undergraduatesAn experience report Stocktaking This is a course that is demanding (a lot of interaction), but nice to give. The students are interested by the course (one needs to keep the right non-technical level). The most interesting part for everybody is the project phase (which provides a natural limit on the class size)