KommGame: A Reputation Environment for Teaching Open Source Software

Submitted by msquire on Thu, 2011-12-01 11:03
TitleKommGame: A Reputation Environment for Teaching Open Source Software
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsGoduguluri, V, Kilamo, T, Hammouda, I
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.
Full Text