Innovating in the Commons: A method to the Madness

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

2. me

3. Job description
Teaching. Research. Service.

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

5. 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 Verma
http://www.senatehall.com/strategic-management?article=368

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

7. 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)

8. 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

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

10. 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!

11. Open Source Maturity Model

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

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

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

15. Extending beyond campus
http://olpcsf.org

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

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

21. In a nutshell
Don't ask for permission first.
If need be, ask for forgiveness later.