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

Tue Oct 7 04:14:51 UTC 2014

You're welcome - thanks for broaching the idea.  I wish we had the time to
invest in it!

We definitely still have time to prepare for a Nov event.  We like to
confirm events with 4 weeks of lead time, and we clear that easily.  :)

CCSF did a dual-tracked event which was accommodating for both beginning
and returning students.  We can talk about how to do that for Hartnell as
well.  Teaching others is a great way to reinforce what you've learned, so
it would be great to get some of the returning students to help teach in
informal ways.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Katie Cunningham <kcunningham at csumb.edu>
wrote:

> 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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