SoftHum: Student Participation in the Community of Open Source Software for Humanity

Information

• NSF Award
• 0958204

Owner

• New England College

• Award Id

  0958204

• Award Effective Date

  9/15/2009 - 14 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  6/30/2011 - 12 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 60,999.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Computer Science (31)<br/><br/>The SoftHum project champions the use of Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software as a foundation for computing education that can attract students into majoring in Computer Science, provide an excellent learning vehicle, and achieve social benefits. Students engaged in SoftHum team projects work in unique real-world environments along with professional developers in which the students gain traits of professional maturity, practical experience, and social responsibility within a humanitarian context.<br/><br/>The SoftHum project is (1) developing a process to support student success in a community-based software experience using Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software, (2) documenting an environment that supports student Open Source experiences, and (3) positioning faculty from other institutions to apply this approach to computing education.

• Program Officer

  Victor P. Piotrowski

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/29/2009 - 14 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  8/23/2010 - 13 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Western New England University

• City

  Springfield

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1215 Wilbraham Road

• Postal Code

  011192684

• Phone Number

  4137821373

• First Name

  Heidi

• Last Name

  Ellis

• Email Address

  ellis@wne.edu

• Start Date

  9/29/2009 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Gregory

• Last Name

  Hislop

• Email Address

  hislopg@drexel.edu

• Start Date

  8/23/2010 12:00:00 AM