[Campus-hartnell-staff] planning another Open Source Comes to Campus event for the fall

[Katie Cunningham]

Hi Shauna,

Thanks so much for engaging with Sathya about the one credit course idea. I
completely understand the trepidation about the level of commitment :)

I would love to do an OSCTC event in November, if you are still interested.
If it's too late I completely understand. If you think there is still time,
I am more than happy to make it work.

We are no longer requiring students in our cohort programs to attend any
Saturday workshops, but I believe many students will be very enthusiastic
about this event. I think the only question before jumping into planning is
whether this should be a "standard" OSCTC event, or whether it should be
more focused on beginners. While I was originally thinking of having this
event more geared towards beginning students, I don't strongly feel that
way anymore. I think that both interested first and second year students
can do well with the standard OSCTC curriculum.

Best,
Katie



On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Katie,
>
> As you may have seen in my previous email, the one credit course is just
> too much of a commitment for us to make right now. I love the idea in
> theory, but in practice, I don't think we'll be able to give it the care
> and resources it deserves.
>
> Are you still up for running an OSCTC event in November?
>
> best
> Shauna
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Katie Cunningham <kcunningham at csumb.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shauna,
>>
>> OSCTC has been a topic of significant discussion recently.
>>
>> The major idea that has been discussed and which I want to present to you
>> is the incorporation of OSCTC into a one credit course taught at CSUMB. A
>> series of one credit courses involving hands-on technical topics is a new
>> initiative by Dr. Sathya Narayanan (CSUMB faculty). The idea is that
>> students meet for 2 full Saturdays (16 hours total) for face time with the
>> instructor and do homework or pre-class work of 25-30 hours outside of
>> class. The course instructor is paid a stipend. If this is something
>> OpenHatch is interested in, the spring semester could be a potential target
>> date.
>>
>> The advantages of this idea are that students are interacting with open
>> source in a more ongoing fashion, with results tied to an immediate result
>> (a grade). Of course, it may take more planning than a typical OSCTC
>> session. The first one of these courses is a one credit course about
>> Salesforce happening this semester. About 40 students are signed up,
>> including ~23 CSIT-In-3 students.
>>
>> Let me know if this is something Openhatch is worth pursuing. Also let me
>> know if you have any questions or clarifications. I imagine that if
>> Openhatch is interested in the spring course, it probably makes sense to
>> scratch the fall OSCTC event to decrease workload.
>>
>> Best,
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Just bumping this up - no rush, as we're still 2+ months out.  Did you
>>> meet with Prof Welch and, if so, any thoughts about how to proceed?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Katie Cunningham <
>>> kcunningham at csumb.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great :) Prof. Joe Welch wants to discuss OSCTC next week, so after
>>>> that I'll have a better idea about the approach.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Katie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That sounds great.  I'll put you down for the Saturday in November.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's plenty of time to plan since you've picked the November date,
>>>>> so please don't feel rushed to respond.  Reply at your convenience.  :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Katie Cunningham <
>>>>> kcunningham at csumb.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for moving the thread over Shauna :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I forgot to mention in the earlier email that the November weekend
>>>>>> would work best for us, since it gives our freshmen more time to be exposed
>>>>>> to CS. Several students go to church on Sunday (a student just talked to me
>>>>>> about making an attendance app for Sunday School :), so Saturday is
>>>>>> preferred.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More on the rest in a bit...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Katie
>>>>>>
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