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Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source Software Projects: Acquiring developer-prized practical skills, knowledge, and experiences.

The article calls for computer students' involvement with open source software projects rather than focusing solely on computer programming. The integration of contributing to open source software projects within software engineering courses using a flipped classroom approach is recommended and the...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 64; no. 7; pp. 36 - 39
Main Author: Spinellis, Diomidis
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2021
Subjects:
Open source software
Computer science students
Computer programming
Software engineering
Flipped classrooms
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article calls for computer students' involvement with open source software projects rather than focusing solely on computer programming. The integration of contributing to open source software projects within software engineering courses using a flipped classroom approach is recommended and the author describes the advice given to student contributors.