Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Amount

$99,366.00

Award Date

8/03/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This project studied how newcomers participate in open source software projects-how they learn and share knowledge-and the role of technology in this process. The project identified low-barrier tools but also documented how they are used and what impact t