Board # 77 : Helping Faculty & Students to Participate in Humanitarian Free & Open Source Software: The OpenFE & OpenPath Projects
Clif Kussmaul, Heidi J. C. Ellis, Gregory W. Hislop, Lori Postner, Darci Burdge · 2018
She has worked to increase students understanding of software development and the impact it can have on society.She is especially interested in broadening the perspective of the introductory Computer Science student beyond the programming concepts typically taught in these courses.She uses HFOSS projects as a means to providing real-world experience and finds that students are motivated, showing increased participation in classroom discussion especially among women.She is Co-PI on an NSF-funded project to assist faculty who are interested in involving students in HFOSS projects.