An Abstract State Machine (ASM) Representation of Learning Process in FLOSS Communities

Mining Learning Processes from FLOSS Mailing Archives

“…During the Maturation phase, activities include Analyze, Commit, Develop, Review and Revert. In this phase, the Novice's acquired skills are expressed through the execution of advanced activities such as producing new code, reviewing new commits and providing assistance during discussions, thus gradually performing a transition from Novice to Expert [19]. The Expert performs the same activities with an emphasis on transferring knowledge and providing help when needed rather than applying new skills.…”

“…We make use of previous findings [3,4], a formal model of learning activities in FLOSS communities [19], as well as lexical semantics to draw a catalog of key phrases with respect to our endeavor. Lexical semantics builds from synonyms of terms and their homonyms to derive the meaning of words in specific contexts.…”

“…Principal activities gravitate around observing and making contacts in the Initiation Phase of the learning process [19]. Ideally, this step constitutes an opportunity for the Novice to ask questions and get some help depending on the requests while the Expert intervenes at this point to respond to such requests.…”

“…A number of pilot studies have been conducted in order to evaluate the effectiveness of such an approach in traditional settings of learning [10][11][12][13]20]. To aid in this endeavor, in our previous study, we put an emphasis on how learning occurs in terms of phases [2,19]. To this end, it has been proposed that a typical learning process in FLOSS occurs in three main phases: Initiation, Progression and Maturation.…”

OntoLiFLOSS: Ontology for Learning Processes in FLOSS Communities

“…Furthermore, an emphasis on how learning occurs in terms of phases has been studied [18][19]29]. To this end, it has been proposed that a typical learning process in FLOSS occurs in three main phases: Initiation, Progression and Maturation.…”