[OSCTC-planning] mentorship and other ways to follow up with Open Source Comes to Campus attendees

[Sumana Harihareswara]

A few quick notes:

On 07/21/2014 11:15 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah at panix.com>
> wrote:

>> I'm sure Mel can talk our ears off about cognitive apprenticeship,
>> legitimate peripheral participation,
>>
>> http://blog.melchua.com/2012/04/12/cognitive-apprenticeship-case-studies-in-software-engineering/
>> and other key concepts in creating learning environments.
>>
> 
> Are there some specific readings you'd suggest for legitimate peripheral
> participation?  Other than just generally reading Mel's blog, which I like
> to do as often as possible.  :)

I don't know! Mel might have more.

>> The people who are hesitant about applying to OPW/GSoC because they
>> don't know whether they are ready enough: some subset of those people
>> have impostor syndrome and need actual facts so they can measure
>> themselves against objective criteria. Maybe OH can help them
>> self-assess on FLOSS skills.
>>
> 
> I definitely want to address impostor syndrome and other forms of
> psychological obstacles through the mentorship program.  It's perhaps my
> biggest priority.

http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/impostor-syndrome-training/ might be
a good source.

-Sumana
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Sumana Harihareswara
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