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

Katie Cunningham kcunningham at csumb.edu
Mon Sep 8 18:54:17 UTC 2014


Hi Shauna,

No problem. The idea is that someone from OpenHatch leads the class.

Thanks for discussing this new and different idea,

Katie

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Katie,
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding - I was away for the weekend.  I'll talk
> about this more with Asheesh during our weekly meeting tomorrow, but I do
> have some questions.  Most importantly: are you asking whether someone from
> OpenHatch is interested in leading the class, or whether we can help you
> lead such a class?
>
> 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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