Open source project as a pedagogical tool in higher education

Authors:
Liisa Auer;Jouni Juntunen;Pekka Ojala
Affiliations:
Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Oulu, Finland;Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Oulu, Finland;Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Oulu, Finland
Venue:
Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Nowadays open source is widely used approach to software development. In Finland the government is also encouraging communities to use open source software instead of closed software. Requirements for the future professionals are becoming more complex and transforming rapidly. Internet and Web 2.0 are changing the way people learn and work. Higher education has to take this into account in order to improve teaching and study methodologies. School of Business and Information Management, a school part of Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OUAS), is launching an open source project called OpixProject to support education and research related to information processing science. Software under development will be a project management application that can be used to manage traditional and agile projects. The purpose of this project is to use an open source project as a pedagogical tool within the context of computer science education.