As an important update on this, I just
learned today that the code sprint mentioned in #4 will run
October 10th to 12th.
FYI, this overlaps with Canadian Thanksgiving.
On 11/07/14 08:42, Andrew Ross wrote:
The next round of UCOSP & Open Academy will be starting in
September. This means the program is gearing up now.
These are great programs which pair senior students with mentors
from open source projects. Students complete features, fix bugs,
and generally get involved in the community in exchange for a
grade at the end of their course.
The students are pre-filtered by the participating Universities,
and the program. This means the calibre of student is very high.
Projects typically receive approximately 5 students, although some
may receive far more.
"In order to be assigned students from the program, an open source
project mentor agrees to do the following:
- Provide a description of the open source project and
potential areas for student involvement
- Guide students to find a suitable task (or tasks) on your
project and actively mentor them technically including looking
directly at some of their code
- Hold weekly team meetings (using appropriate technology such
as Skype, IRC, Google Hangouts, etc.) where all the students
on the project are expected to attend as a group
- Attend the code sprint in person
- Submit individualized midterm reports for each student on
time as requested
- Be available to students to answer questions within 48 hours
(or provide a temporary alternative)
- Provide final reviews for each student including feedback
and a grade recommendation"
The program kicks off with a 3 day code sprint in California.
Last time, the Eclipse Foundation had 8 projects & 26 interns
participating which was great.
If you are interested in participating, please let me know either
on or off list. Space is limited, and a few projects missed the
deadline last time, so be sure to do so ASAP.