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Open Source Practices and Technical Communication Programs

Open Source Practices and Technical Communication Programs. Brent Faber Johndan Johnson-Eilola Clarkson University. Open Source Practices and Tech Comm Programs. Open source represents transition away from commodified information an approach to software creation Open source products

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Open Source Practices and Technical Communication Programs

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  1. Open Source Practices and Technical Communication Programs Brent FaberJohndan Johnson-EilolaClarkson University

  2. Open Source Practices and Tech Comm Programs • Open source represents • transition away from commodified information • an approach to software creation • Open source products • Linux, Apache, StarOffice, Zope, Gnome, KDE Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  3. Transitioning Away from Commodified Information • Commodified information structures communication as anonymous receipt of mass, discrete, and proprietary pieces of information • OSS structures information as communal, co-developed, localized spaces for ongoing work • Implication: demonstrate a more complex model of communication and technology in use. Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  4. A Framework for Education • Structural differences among different resource formats impede efforts to develop a learning community • With OSS, education issues/critique include media, medium, and message. OSS complicates framework issues. Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  5. Crateware Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  6. Crateware • Based on an OSS content management system called "Zope," Crateware includes classes of standard learning modules that can be shared among different courses (and institutions). • http://www.clarkson.edu/~odriscej/cratewaretest/theorytoolssidebar.html Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  7. Crateware Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  8. Crateware • Simulation-based, activity-based learning • On-line modules support activity learning Course demo: www.crateware.org Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  9. Implications • Design and share new content modules with the Crateware community • Design and share architecture • Crateware helps to break down the distinction between "textbook" and "syllabus" Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  10. Potential Connections • MIT OpenCourseWare: focus seems to be on MIT materials • Open Knowledge Initiative: Open Source Framework. Not project based, but Crateware may either adapt OKI or be interoperable Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

  11. Building Communities:Integration of Producers and Users • The OSS model, because it goes beyond commodified information and requires users and developers to become a part of a community. • The OSS model provides a much broader and richer environment for learning. Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 2002

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