Students' perspectives on learning software engineering with open source projects: Lessons learnt after three years of program operation

Pantelis M. Papadopoulos; Ioannis G. Stamelos; Andreas Meiszner

doi:10.5220/0003922803130322

Students' perspectives on learning software engineering with open source projects: Lessons learnt after three years of program operation

Pantelis M. Papadopoulos^*, Ioannis G. Stamelos, Andreas Meiszner

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Abstract

This paper presents the results after three years of running of an instructional method that utilizes free/libre open source software (FLOSS) projects as tools for teaching software engineering in formal education. In the last three academic years, a total of 268 juniors majoring in Informatics (in a 4-year program) participated in study, assuming the roles of testers, developers, and requirements engineers. Students appreciated the benefits gained by the method and identified aspects that require further improvement. In the following, we present (a) the details of our method, (b) students' opinions as recorded through a questionnaire including both closed and open ended questions, and (c) conclusions on how the use of FLOSS projects can be applied and proved beneficial for the students.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CSEDU 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Pages	313-322
Number of pages	10
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0003922803130322
Publication status	Published - 16 Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2012 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 16 Apr 2012 → 18 Apr 2012 Conference number: 4

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Conference	4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2012
Abbreviated title	CSEDU 2012
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	16/04/12 → 18/04/12

Keywords

Authentic learning
Learning community
Online learning
Open education
Open source
Project-based learning
Software engineering education

UN SDGs

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Papadopoulos, PM, Stamelos, IG & Meiszner, A 2012, Students' perspectives on learning software engineering with open source projects: Lessons learnt after three years of program operation. in CSEDU 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education. vol. 2, pp. 313-322, 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2012, Porto, Portugal, 16/04/12. https://doi.org/10.5220/0003922803130322

Students' perspectives on learning software engineering with open source projects: Lessons learnt after three years of program operation. / Papadopoulos, Pantelis M.; Stamelos, Ioannis G.; Meiszner, Andreas.
CSEDU 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education. Vol. 2 2012. p. 313-322.

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