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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/04/17 12:06, Mark Wallis wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello
everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find
below a grant application for your consideration. Please
feel free to direct any feedback/queries to myself via the
list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Project Name</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">: Promotion of FOSS in
undergraduate Computer Science, Information Technology and
Software Engineering degrees at the University of Newcastle
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Chief Investigator:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Dr.
Mark Wallis, Distributed Computing Research Group,
University of Newcastle (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mark.wallis@newcastle.edu.au">mark.wallis@newcastle.edu.au</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Project Aim/Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The
University of Newcastle currently offers under-graduate
Bachelor degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology
and Software Engineering. Courses from these degrees are
taught from the School of Electrical Engineering and
Computing across our Callaghan (Newcastle), Central Coast
and Singapore campuses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">There
is currently a low level of FOSS software promotion within
the course material used to teach these degrees. Worked
examples, workshops and tutorial material is strongly
Microsoft Windows focused, primarily due to this being the
operating system installed in all computer labs at the
university. The effect is that students feel less inclined
to explore FOSS in UON courses such as Programming,
Operating Systems, Compiler Design and Computer Networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">We
propose to undertake a review of the course material being
presented in the first 2 years of the above degrees. The
review will identify all worked examples, tutorials and
workshops which are presenting closed-sourced centric
solutions. The outcome of this review will be a course
development plan which aims to develop alternative or
extended course material that covers alternate FOSS options
available to students. The project will hire one
undergraduate student to work with the chief investigator to
develop the new course content during 2017, ready for
students in 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Examples
of the course material that will be generated includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Worked-examples
under Linux, rather than Microsoft Windows (for example,
instructions showing students how to install and configure
a compiler)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Short 5-minute
video’s presenting FOSS alternatives to tools presented in
the primary course material
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Short 5–minute
video’s providing context of how the course relates to
Open Source (for example, a case study of Linux Kernel
development to be presented during the Operating Systems
course) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">To
comply with pre-existing copyright, any existing course
material which is expanded to include content generated by
this grant will remain under the existing copyright terms.
Any new content, such as the video presentations, will be
released under a Creative Commons license.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The
primary aim is to promote FOSS earlier in undergraduate
degree’s to ensure that students graduate with an increased
knowledge of the FOSS environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Project Milestones:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Milestone 1 - Draft
of the course development plan distributed to UON
stakeholders (see over) – 1 June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Milestone 2 - Final
course development plan for signoff by UON stakeholders –
1 July 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Milestone 3 - Draft
material presented to Course Co-ordinators for review – 1
October 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Milestone 4 – Final
material presented to Course Co-ordinators for signoff – 1
November 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Project Review/Success:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Between
Milestone 3 and Milestone 4 the course material will be
iteratively developed with UON students who have previously
completed the target courses. Focus groups will be run with
these students, asking them to review the material and then
complete a short questionnaire that will collect metrics on
the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The quality of the
material<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The relevance of the
material to the course and their degree<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Whether they believe
the material will encourage them to personally investigate
FOSS in more detail<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The
results of this survey will be anonymous and used to gauge
the success of the project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Pending
approval by the UoN Ethics committee, these results will be
made available and be used to gauge the success of the
project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Project Costs:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The
chief investigator will provide in-kind support of time and
expertise for the management of the grant and the
co-development of new course material. An undergraduate
student will be hired on a casual basis to co-develop the
course material and manage the testing/feedback process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">An
estimated 22 weeks at 5 hours per week will be allocated to
the undergraduate student. The undergraduate student will be
employed at HEW 5.1 casual rate of $43.77 per hour. With UON
on-costs (16.2%) and indirect research costs (25%) this
equates to a total of $6994.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">We
are requesting a grant of $7000 to cover these costs. There
will be no additional costs associated with the project. All
costs will be incurred by the 30<sup>th</sup> September 2017
as per grant requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Project Management and Reporting:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The
UON already has in place a reporting structure for all
grants. Mid-way and final written reports will be provided
to the Linux Australia Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">Project Team:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The
chief investigator for this project is Dr Mark Wallis. Mark
is a member of Linux Australia and the Distributed Computing
Research Group at UON and has been involved in teaching
since 2010. Mark has been involved in various FOSS projects
over the years, including the Newcastle Linux Users Group
and kernel driver development for the Ralink 802.11 wireless
chipset. Mark will be the key person responsible for this
project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">The
undergraduate student will be hired from our pool of
undergraduates that we use for teaching tutorials and
workshops.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Key
stakeholders for this project include Course Co-ordinators
who are responsible for delivery of the courses, Program
Convenors who are responsible for each degrees, the Deputy
HOS(Academic), Head of School, the School Industrial
Advisory Board and student representatives.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<br>
I like the notion put forward by Mark.<br>
<br>
How certain are we that these resources will not sit on a shelf and
gather dust? That is what likelihood is there that students will
use them or be given the opportunity to use them?<br>
<p>cheers</p>
<p>brenda<br>
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