期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2012
卷号：9
页码：63-73
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：Software engineering is a key topic in computing education. Many schools offer a project-oriented course, or multi-course sequence, to teach students both the theoretical concepts of soft-ware development as well as the practical aspects of developing software systems in a team envi-ronment. Typically, in these courses, students practice the principles of requirements analysis, project management, a development methodology, and effective teamwork through a small-to-medium software project. For such a course to maintain its currency and relevancy, it is impor-tant for students to be exposed to current tools and techniques for software development. Capa-bilities, such as project management, requirements tracking, configuration management, collabo-ration tools, and team communication are ideally experienced in a hands-on manner as part of the project. Commercial tools can be cost-prohibitive and difficult to learn to use effectively in a one or two semester course. At our institution, we investigated the use of open source software de-velopment tools that were easy to learn, transferable to other classes to enhance their perceived value to the student, and could be easily integrated into the existing project-oriented two-course sequence in software engineering. This paper describes the tools and their integration in the course, our experience, student’s reactions, and compares the results to previous course offerings.
关键词：Software engineering education, open source tools
