What can Software Engineering Students Learn from Studying Open Source Software?

Carrington, D. A. (2008-04-25) What can Software Engineering Students Learn from Studying Open Source Software?. The International Journal of Engineering Education, 24 4: 729-737.


Author(s) Carrington, D. A.
Title What can Software Engineering Students Learn from Studying Open Source Software?
Journal name The International Journal of Engineering Education
Publication date 2008-04-25
Sub-type Article
Year available 2008
Volume number 24
Issue number 4
ISSN 0949-149X
Start page 729
End page 737
Total pages 9
Editor(s) M. S. Wald
Levent Yilmaz
Stephen H. Edwards
Place of publication Bantry, Ireland
Publisher Tempus Publications
Collection year 2009
Language eng
Subject C1
080309 Software Engineering
890299 Computer Software and Services not elsewhere classified
Abstract There is a large gap between the scale anti complexity of typical software products anti examples used in software engineering education. Since complexity is considered tin essential property of software systems, this gap creates a problem for software engineering students anti educators. Studying open source software can provide software engineering students with realistic anti challenging examples and pragmatic instances of abstract concepts such as software design patterns. For software engineering educators, the vast array of freely available software sources allows selection to suit their educational objectives and constraints. This paper reviews how open source software is used in a software engineering studio course and discusses the outcomes from the perspectives of students and educators.
Keyword(s) engineering education
open source community
learning environments
distributed software development
Additional Notes Part 1: Special Issue: Trends in Software Engineering Education; Guest Editors: Levent Yilmaz and Stephen H. Edwards.
 
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