scholarly journals From local project to open source: a brief history of the Loughborough Online Reading List System (LORLS)

VINE ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Brewerton ◽  
Jon Knight
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Online Reading ◽  
Reading List ◽  
History Of

Clustered Iconography: A Resurrected Method for Representing Multidimensional Data

2020 ◽  
pp. 004912412091494
Author(s):  
Olav Muurlink ◽  
Anthony M. Gould ◽  
Jean-Etienne Joullié
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Multidimensional Data ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Graphical Representations ◽  
Graphical Methods ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Findings

Development of graphical methods for representing data has not kept up with progress in statistical techniques. This article presents a brief history of graphical representations of research findings and makes the case for a revival of methods developed in the early and mid-twentieth century, notably ISOTYPE and Chernoff’s faces. It resurrects and improves a procedure, clustered iconography, which enables the presentation of multidimensional data through which readers engage more effectively with the presentation’s central message by way of an easier understanding of relationships between variables. The proposed technique is especially well adapted to the needs and protocols of open-source research.

scholarly journals MINING EFFORT DATA FROM THE OSS REPOSITORY OF DEVELOPER’S BUG FIX ACTIVITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-128
Author(s):  
Syed Nadeem Ahsan ◽  
Muhammad Tanvir Afzal ◽  
Safdar Zaman ◽  
Christian Gütel ◽  
Franz Wotawa
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Previous History ◽  
Effort Estimation ◽  
Estimation Model ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Actual Time ◽  
History Of

During the evolution of any software, efforts are made to fix bugs or to add new features in software. In software engineering, previous history of effort data is required to build an effort estimation model, which estimates the cost and complexity of any software. Therefore, the role of effort data is indispensable to build state-of-the-art effort estimation models. Most of the Open Source Software does not maintain any effort related information. Consequently there is no state-of-the-art effort estimation model for Open Source Software, whereas most of the existing effort models are for commercial software. In this paper we present an approach to build an effort estimation model for Open Source Software. For this purpose we suggest to mine effort data from the history of the developer’s bug fix activities. Our approach determines the actual time spend to fix a bug, and considers it as an estimated effort. Initially, we use the developer’s bug-fix-activity data to construct the developer’s activity log-book. The log-book is used to store the actual time elapsed to fix a bug. Subsequently, the log-book information is used to mine the bug fix effort data. Furthermore, the developer’s bug fix activity data is used to define three different measures for the developer’s contribution or expertise level. Finally, we used the bug-fix-activity data to visualize the developer’s collaborations and the involved source files. In order to perform an experiment we selected the Mozilla open source project and downloaded 93,607 bug reports from the Mozilla project bug tracking system i.e., Bugzilla. We also downloaded the available CVS-log data from the Mozilla project repository. In this study we reveal that in case of Mozilla only 4.9% developers have been involved in fixing 71.5% of the reported bugs.

A History of Public Mapping

2018 ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Michael P. McDonald ◽  
Micah Altman
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Open Source ◽  
General Public ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
History Of ◽  
Equal Population ◽  
The Web

This chapter discusses the history of public mapping. The earliest reform efforts in redistricting were made possible because districts were primarily drawn out of large geographic units such as counties, which greatly simplified the redistricting task. That task grew more complex in the early 1960s, when the Supreme Court ruled that districts had to be of roughly equal population: counties would now often have to be split between two or more districts. The increasing computational demands effectively shut the public out of redistricting, since redistricting could be performed only on extremely costly computer systems. The reemergence of public mapping began in the 1990s, when states began offering public access to computer terminals loaded with their redistricting software and data. Eventually, two technological innovations by 2010 made public mapping available to the general public. Organizations and individuals are now able to leverage high-speed internet and open-source software to disseminate easy-to-use redistricting systems through the Web.

An Open Source Primer

2011 ◽  
pp. 278-298
Author(s):  
Brian Still
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Proprietary Software ◽  
Introductory Overview ◽  
Professional Environment ◽  
Technical Communicators ◽  
History Of

This chapter serves as an introductory overview of Open Source Software (OSS) and the Open Source movement. It is geared primarily for technical communicators. To provide a thorough overview, this chapter defines OSS, explains how OSS works in comparison to proprietary software, looks at the history of OSS, and examines OSS licensing types, applications in business, and overall strengths and weaknesses when compared to proprietary software. Lastly, it evaluates the practical potential of OSS as well as emerging and future trends relating to it. From this general but thorough overview the intended audience of technical communicators will gain the solid understanding needed to work successfully in an academic or professional environment where OSS continues to grow in popularity, spurring more organizations to rely on it or the Open Source ideas that have inspired and continue to drive its creation and growth.

Lessons Learned Building an Online Degree Program

2017 ◽  
pp. 172-182
Author(s):  
Ottilie F. Austin ◽  
Gail M. Hunger ◽  
Julie J. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Reading Program ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Course Evaluations ◽  
Online Reading ◽  
Master's Programs ◽  
Course Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Online Degree ◽  
The University

Many universities and colleges are moving courses and master's programs to online formats. The Masters of Reading program at the University of Virginia has a history of providing professional development to teachers in the Commonwealth through course work and the online Reading Degree program. This chapter will outline the growth of a state outreach master's degree program as it developed courses online beginning in 1999 and moved to a fully online degree program. The authors will discuss the importance of using a sound instructional design model and taking a close look at course evaluations to examine the design of the course and the quality of instruction. This chapter will discuss the success of our design, lessons learned and some of the challenges faced.

Computer Assisted Active Learning System Development for The History of Civilization E-learning Courses by Using Free Open Source Software Platforms

2011 ◽  
pp. 203-221
Author(s):  
Dilek Karahoca ◽  
Adem Karahoca ◽  
Ilker Yengin ◽  
Huseyin Uzunboylu
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Implementation Purpose ◽  
History Of ◽  
E Learning

This chapter explains the developmental reasons and design to implementation cycles of the Computer Assisted Active Learning System (CALS) for History of Civilization (HOC) courses at Engineering Faculty of Bahcesehir University. Implementation purpose of CALS is to develop set of tools in a systematic way to enhance students’ critical thinking abilities for HOC courses. Dynamic meta-cognitive maps, movies, flash cards and quiz tools were developed. In order to reduce implementation costs of CALS, open Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) standards and platforms were utilized in the development and implementation cycles. This study also investigates the importance of the e-learning platform usage in HOC courses in Engineering Faculty of Bahcesehir University to improve the level of students. Results indicate that the concept based meta-cognitive tool improves learning instead of students just memorizing the class material. Also, engineering students improved their positive attitude towards who wants to learn the history of civilization by using CALS. This study shows that software helps to change human behavior in the learning cycle. This chapter highlights the implications of successful development of FOSS for the CALS.

To Emphasize Openness

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ken Hartness
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Commercial Software ◽  
History Of Computing ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Professional Quality ◽  
Readable Form ◽  
History Of

Although open source software has existed, in a sense, throughout the history of computing, it has only more recently become recognized as a valid means of producing professional-quality software. Although primarily conceived as a zero-cost alternative to commercial software, open source software also supports customization and verification as a result of the software being available to all users in human-readable form. The availability of free software supports both researchers with limited budgets and those who seek to confirm the findings of researchers or use similar methods in related research.

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