Innovating in the Commons

Innovating in the Commons A Method to the Madness Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco, California, USA

Job description Teaching. Research. Service.

Teaching ISYS 573 - Managing Open Source History Collaboration Creative Commons Licensing Business Models Assessment Adoption and Use

Research The role of serial entrepreneurs in the internationalization of global start-ups. A business case Journal of Strategic Management Education Vol 6: Issue 1, 2010 Alberto Onetti, Marco Talaia, Vincenza Odorici, Manuela Presutti, Sameer Vermahttp://www.senatehall.com/strategic-management?article=368

Service Drupal Community of Practice http://drupal.sfsu.edu Just say “No!” to committees

Three significant projects San Francisco State University  Learning Management Services  Moodle (http://moodle.org)  Content Management Services  Drupal (http://drupal.org)  E-Portfolio Services  Mahara (http://mahara.org)

Establish a need Needs of the campus  Students, Staff, Faculty Total Cost of Ownership  5 year time frame Buy vs Build  Interoperability In-house expertise  Create employment! Cross-campus development California State University system

What drives platform choice? Flavor of the day Code Documentation Training ? Integration Support Support Support …

Open Source Maturity Model Created by NavicaSoft Released under the Open Academic License Multi-criteria assessment Weighted scoring approach http://web.archive.org/web/20080731125905/http://www.navicasoft.com/ Thanks to our friends at the Internet Archive!

Open Source Maturity Model

OSMM Criteria Product Software Support Documentation Training Integration Professional Services

Using FOSS Use vs Participation Active involvement within the California State University system Active involvement with the projects Participation is tough

Extending beyond campus http://olpcsf.org

olpc San Francisco http://olpcsf.org/summit

One Laptop per Child Jamaica Pilots at: Providence Basic School August Town Primary School http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

In a nutshell Dont ask for permission first. If need be, ask for forgiveness later.

Innovating in the Commons

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