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Tiêu đề

Can humanitarian open-source software development draw new students to CS?

Tác giả

Ellis H.J.C.; Morelli R.A.; De Lanerolle T.R.; Damon J.; Raye J.

Năm xuất bản

2007

Source title

SIGCSE 2007: 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1145/1227310.1227495

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34748865353&doi=10.1145%2f1227310.1227495&partnerID=40&md5=dc6117456d61392afb5b34ca7aebafcd

Tóm tắt

In this paper, we present an example humanitarian open-source software project that has been used since January 2006 at a small liberal-arts college as an experiment in undergraduate CS education. Sahana (Sinhalese for relief) is a free and open-source disaster management system developed in Sri Lanka by a group of IT professionals following the 2004 Asian tsunami. It is a web-based tool that addresses the IT coordination problems that typically occur in trying to recover from a large-scale disaster. We are currently exploring the wider use of Sahana as a sustainable model and platform for teaching about open-source software development while at the same time allowing CS students and educators to make a socially useful contribution of their time, effort, and expertise. This paper presents our experiences with Sahana including the benefits for both academia and industry. Copyright 2007 ACM.

Từ khóa

Curriculum development; Open source software; Software engineering

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