innovation in cs/it via open source software
DESCRIPTION
As costs around the world continue to rise for education, institutions must become innovative in the ways they teach and grow students. To do this effectively professors and administrative staff should push toward the utilization of Open Software (OSS) and virtual tools to enhance or supplement currently available tools. In developing countries OSS applications would allow students the ability to learn critical technological skills for success at small fraction of the cost. OSS also provides faculty members the ability to dissect source code and prepare students for low level software development. It is critical that all institutions look at alternatives in providing training and delivering educational material regardless of limitations going forward as the world continues to be more global due to the increased use of technologies everywhere. Doing this could provide a means of shortening the education gap in many countries. Through reviewing the available technology, possible implementations of these technologies, and the application of these items in graduate coursework could provide a starting point in integrating these tools into academia. When administrators or faculty debate the possibilities of OSS, gaming, and simulation tools this applied research provides a guide for changing the ability to develop students that will be competitive on a global level.TRANSCRIPT
INNOVATION IN CS/IT VIA OPEN SOURCE SOFTWAREMAURICE DAWSON, DCS, MBA, MSASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• Assistant Professor of MIS at Alabama A&M University
• Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Information Systems & Technology Planning (JISTP)
• International Advisory Board of the Indian Journal of Commerce & Management Studies
• Book chapter author for Gaming & Simulation in Higher Education
• Encyclopedia chapter author for the Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology
• Over 25 peer reviewed journal articles and 65 peer reviewed proceedings published
WHO AM I
Colorado Tech Degrees
• Master of Business Administration in 2010
• Doctor of Computer Science in 2009
• Master of Science in Management in 2006
REASONS TO BE PROUD OF YOUR DOCTORAL PROGRAM
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE BACKGROUND INFORMATION
NSA CENTERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INSTITUTIONS
TOPICS
Linux & Open Source Applications
Open Source Technologies
Research, Service, & Teaching
Research Tools
PRESENTATION OVERVIEWAs costs around the world continue to rise for education, institutions must become innovative in the ways they teach and grow students. To do this effectively professors and administrative staff should push toward the utilization of Open Software (OSS) and virtual tools to enhance or supplement currently available tools. In developing countries OSS applications would allow students the ability to learn critical technological skills for success at small fraction of the cost. OSS also provides faculty members the ability to dissect source code and prepare students for low level software development. It is critical that all institutions look at alternatives in providing training and delivering educational material regardless of limitations going forward as the world continues to be more global due to the increased use of technologies everywhere. Doing this could provide a means of shortening the education gap in many countries. Through reviewing the available technology, possible implementations of these technologies, and the application of these items in graduate coursework could provide a starting point in integrating these tools into academia. When administrators or faculty debate the possibilities of OSS, gaming, and simulation tools this applied research provides a guide for changing the ability to develop students that will be competitive on a global level.
LINUX & OPEN SOURCE APPLICATIONS
BEFORE LINUX
In 80’s, Microsoft’s DOS was the dominated OS for PC
Apple MAC was better, but expensive
UNIX was much better, but much, much more expensive. Only for minicomputer for commercial applications
People was looking for a UNIX based system, which is cheaper and can run on PC
Both DOS, MAC and UNIX were proprietary, i.e., the source code of their kernel is protected
No modification is possible without paying high license fees
Established in 1984 by Richard Stallman, who believes that software should be free from restrictions against copying or modification in order to make better and efficient computer programs
GNU PROJECT
BEGINNING OF LINUX
A famous professor Andrew Tanenbaum developed Minix, a simplified version of UNIX that runs on PC
Minix is for class teaching only. No intention for commercial use
In Sept 1991, Linus Torvalds, a second year student of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki, developed the preliminary kernel of Linux, known as Linux version 0.0.1
• Over 400 Linux OS available!
• Popular distros are Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat, SuSE, Puppy Linux, Damn Small Linux
• Distrowatch List• Approximately 29 million people
are Linux users worldwide
LINUX BASED OPERATING SYSTEMS
UBUNTU & FEDORA LIVE DISK DEMO
OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION REPOSITORIES
OSALT
Open Source an Alternative (OSALT) has 100's of open source replacements for popular software such as Adobe Photoshop, IBM Rational Rose, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, and many more.
SOURCEFORGE
Sourceforge has over 300,000 active OSS projects.
VIRTUALIZATION
VIRTUALIZATION DEMO
OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES
RESEARCH, SERVICE, & TEACHING
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: PRINCIPLES, METHODS, AND PRACTICES
RESEARCH TOOLS
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