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

Wed Oct 8 18:07:32 UTC 2014

Hi Shauna,

The dual-tracked event sounds perfect! Let's go with that.

Thanks (and maybe see you at your talk at GHC)?
-Katie

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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