KommGame: A Reputation Environment for Teaching Open Source Software

Submitted by msquire on Thu, 2011-12-01 12:03
TitleKommGame: A Reputation Environment for Teaching Open Source Software
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsGoduguluri, Veerakishore, Kilamo Terhi, and Hammouda Imed
Secondary TitleOpen Source Systems: Grounding Research (OSS 2011)
Pagination312-315
Date Published10/2011
PublisherSpringer
Abstract

The importance of teaching open source software in universities is increasing with the advent of open source as a development and business model. A novel, student centric approach of teaching open source was tried out at Tampere University of Technology where a new environment called KommGame was introduced to assist in teaching open source development. This environment includes a reputation system to motivate learners to participate. In this paper, we present our approach of teaching open source and how the KommGame environment was employed to teach open source software.