Episode 110: Impactful Open Source: Teaching Open Source Technology Managers at Brandeis, with Ken Udas and Georg Link

Guests Ken Udas | Georg Link Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes
Hello and welcome to a special episode of Sustain. This is the
Impactful Open Source series, part of a former podcast host by
Richard Littauer. This is the podcast where we talk about taking
source code and moving it until it makes an impact on the world at
large, either on cities, universities, or governments. Today, I
have two special guests, Ken Udas, who is the Program Officer at
Open Source Technology Management Program at Brandeis University,
where he has been founding a new course on open source. Also, Georg
Link, who is of the assistants there and is the Director of Sales
at Bitergia and Founder of the CHAOSS Project. We will learn all
about the program at Brandeis University and how it works and the
how the courses were designed into three areas. Also, we find out
how Brandeis fits into the open source ecosystem in the next five
to ten years and the flexible model they are using to help.
Download this episode now to find out more! [00:02:16] Ken tells us
all about the program at Brandeis University and how it works.
[00:04:46] Richard asks Ken since open source program offices are
run by one or two people, there’s not many in the world and it’s a
problem, so what he’s trying to solve is figuring out how do we get
more people to run these offices and he’s not trying to get more
people making open source software. [00:07:45] Ken and Georg share
with us the hands-on stuff they are teaching the students, having
mentors, and how they designed the courses in three areas:
Community, Production, and Business. [00:12:56] Richard asks Georg
is all of the resources are open source, if it’s all viewable
anywhere, and if he can see the presentation mock-ups. [00:14:16]
Richard wonders what’s the level of open source that Ken and Georg
work with. Georg tells us about the experts that he’s pulled in
when he designed the community. We also learn how many students he
has. [00:18:07] Ken tells us how he thinks Brandeis will fit into
the open source ecosystem in the next five to ten years. He
explains a model that they put together to be flexible. Also, we
find out about their unique program. [00:24:16] Georg mentions one
of the cool things he’s noticed just from the first few courses, is
the importance of connecting the learners with the open source
ecosystem. [00:25:52] Richard wants to know how they started
figuring out and have the idea that there’s nobody to do this work,
and how did they have the idea to have a university course and Ken
explains. [00:30:27] Find out where you can learn more about the
program and where you can find Ken and Georg on the internet. Links
SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS Twitter
(https://twitter.com/SustainOSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) Ken Udas-
Latent Pattern Transmission (https://kenudas.com/) Ken Udas Twitter
(https://twitter.com/kenudas?lang=en) Georg Link Website
(https://georg.link/) Georg Link Twitter
(https://twitter.com/georglink) CHAOSS (https://chaoss.community/)
CHAOSScast podcast (https://podcast.chaoss.community/) Bitergia
(https://bitergia.com/) Brandeis -Open Source Technology Management
(https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/future-students/learn-about-our-programs/open-source-technology-management.html)
OSI (Open Source Initiative) (https://opensource.org/) Credits
Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by
Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/)
Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound
(https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guests: Georg Link and
Ken Udas.