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The platform for learning in CS has not gone very far. We got to the point that it was time to talk details, and nobody came up with anything good. Nothing has “clicked” that just works.

Tonight after talking with members from the OVP, I am all fired up to start a program creating paid internships based around open source software. This is something we have talked about before. As the famous Paul Querna once said, “every open source project can use more love”. The value given back to the sponsors is relatively cheap training. The students would obviously benefit by having the coolest job in the world. I mean what is better then being dedicated to a open source project AND being paid to do it?

There are a few distinct groups that need to be contacted in order to make this happen

• Sponsors: Find people to fund such a program.
• COE: Need to figure out how to best fit this in with what the COE is doing.
• OSL: This might be the perfect chance for some cross pollination.
• Students: Find people that would actively participate (should be easiest part).

Lets start with OSL and COE.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 at 7:22 pm and is filed under OSLUG, School, Work.