The benefits of service learning, a genre of experiential education meant to balance benefits
of service for the community and learning for the student, have long been heralded across …

The benefits of service learning in computer and information science (CIS) are believed to
be significant, ranging from providing students with real-world experiences to retaining …

Providing students with the professional, communication, and technical skills necessary to
contribute to an ongoing software project is critical, yet often difficult in higher education …

Many computer science programs have capstone experiences or project courses that allow
students to integrate knowledge from the full breadth of their major. Such capstone projects …

Team-based capstone courses are integral to many undergraduate and postgraduate
degree programs in the computing field. They are designed to help students gain hands-on …

This paper reports on a study of student opinion of the impact of participation in
Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) on motivation, computing learning …

Service learning, a high-impact pedagogy, involves integrating academic outcomes with
service to the community. The success of service learning experiences depends on the …

Real-world projects are frequently used to provide students with professional software
development experience. Involvement in Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software …

Studies have shown that Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) projects
provide a rich learning environment for students, allowing them to gain a range of both …

Software Engineering (SE) careers are overwhelmingly devoted to the maintenance and
evolution of existing, large software systems, where the key challenge is code …