In some ways, open source is more complex Often as complex, exciting, rich, and stressful as commercialĮfforts. Source as a bunch of altruistic nerds working in their basementsĪround the world. My intention in writing this book is to give a first-personĪccount of the effort and passion that goes into an open Managers, designers, and end users all dropped into a crucibleĪnd put under pressure to make something great and do soĪt the University of Michigan School of Information. Learning Management System was far from a mere technical activity.Īnd deriving and changing the rules as to how we would make that
Likely to produce howls of anger from students, teachers,īuilding an open source product and community around the Sakai Of a course management system in the last few weeks of class is Teacher lives revolve around the software. Is used more often than any other campus software. Support teaching and learning (Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai, etc.) On most college campuses, the software to Teaching and learning software can evoke passions from virtuallyĮveryone involved in the process.
The most fundamental human activities, we all have a vested interest Writing software that supports teaching, learning and collaboration isįar more than just a job. Copyright ©2011- All Rights Reserved, Charles Severance.
