Module description
Degree programme | All Bachelor and Master programmes |
Number of module | 13 |
Name of module | Open Source Academy |
Duration | 1 Semester |
Maximum participants | 20 |
Language of instruction | German / English |
ECTS-Points | 3-5, depending on workload |
Grading | Graded or pass/fail |
Student workload | Overall workload 100/?/? hours (100/?/?%) Attendence time 20/28/32 hours (20/?/?%) Self study / lab / workshop 80/?/? hours (80/?/?%) Numbers depend on overall workload. Should be flexible. Attendence time depends on the form of lab or workshop: If supervised, this counts as attendence time. |
SWS | 4(?) |
Learning and teaching methods |
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Time and duration of exam | Portfolio exam:
Weighting: 2:1 |
Constructive Alignment | In CA the connection between the desired outcomes, the form of exam, and the content has to be defined: After completing the module, students will have a deeper understanding of processes and special conditions tied to the development of open source technologies. They will know to what extent open source companies differ from non-open source companies and have gained knowledge of different forms of licenses and patents. They will have transformed a technical, artistic, social or economic idea into a project. The result of this project is either a product or service or a prototype or MVP (minimal valuable product) leading up to a hypothetical business model. The decisive steps, specifications and guidelines are documented in a way that is comprehensible to others. To verify the competencies, portfolios are created consisting of intermediate stages of the work on the project including documentation, reflective essays on the learning and cognitive processes and the final product. The results will be presented. The theoretical foundations are made available in the form of face-to-face and/or online lectures and as materials for self-study. Methodological foundations are laid in the form of individual or group work. The concrete work on the projects is done in supervised group work, mainly in laboratories and workshops. Cooperation with the Open Source scene is explicitly desired. |
Competence goals
Competence to act (Metacompetence)
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Professional Competence
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Methodological Competence
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Social Competence
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Self Competence
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Other special competence
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Curriculum
Lecture number: | 1 - Introduction | |
Operational goal: | Create awareness for Open Source (Hardware) | |
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Homework: | Case Studies in groups: Browse through on of the projects/companies and try to define the value dimensions/value porpositions of open source, identify important stakeholders and system elements.
(see REMODEL Value Dimension Canvas) |
Lecture number: | 2 - Basics of Open Source Product Development | |
Operational goal: | Understand the basics open source (hardware) product development | |
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Homework: | Team building (4 +/-1 persons) Browse through design repositories and communities and collect ideas. Each team, find 3 products or ideas for products to choose from. Requirements:
Do some market research on existing solutions on how you might differentiate. Prepare a one page pitch for each idea/product addressing the problem and how you solve it with your product. |
Lecture number: | 3 - Selecting a product/problem | |
Operational goal: | Choose a product to be developed or problem to be solved in the course of the course | |
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Homework: | Find 5 potential users and gather user need via short interviews |
Lecture number: | 4 - Quick & dirty product development | |
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Operational goal: | Understand user needs and transfer them into functions | |
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Homework: | finalize QFD | |
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Lecture number: | 5 - Design prototype | |
Operational goal: | Sketch a low-fidelity prototype on paper | |
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Lecture number: | 6 - Preliminary Pitch and Feedback | |
Operational goal: | Present low-fidelity prototype (sketch) and collect feedback | |
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Homework: | Revision of pitch /Iteration of design |
Lecture number: | 7 - Computer aided design | |
Operational goal: | Learn how to operate a CAD system | |
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Lecture number: | 8 - 3D printing (Fused Deposition Modeling) | |
Operational goal: | Learn how to perform 3D printing | |
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Lecture number: | 9 - Rapid prototyping | |
Operational goal: | Learn how to study and modify an existing product | |
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Lecture number: | 10 - Modification and documentation | |
Operational goal: | Learn how to iterate designs and how to document the process | |
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Lecture number: | 11 - Design iteration | |
Operational goal: | Iterate designs and perform final print | |
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Lecture number: | 12 - Final pitch and jury evaluation | |
Operational goal: | Pitch and jury evaluation | |
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Homework: | - | |
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1 Comment
Christian Rüther
Can everybody join the classes or only students of University XYZ? Are expense involved? How could I enrol in case I'm interested in doing so?