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Western New England University
Heidi Ellis is Professor and Chair of the Computer Science and Information Technology department at Western New England University. She has a long-time interest in computing education and has been supporting student participation in open source software since 2006. Heidi also writes about students and open source at http://heidiellis.wordpress.com/
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Thanks Luis,
We are hoping to get a variety of faculty members to the POSSE and spread the word!
Agreed! Students take the learning more seriously when it is embedded in a real-world project. And the opportunities for learning are myriad.