A glossary for this wiki, created, maintained and intended along constructivist lines

Constructivists believe that knowledge/information is created in the process of communicating, and that the full, rich meaning of that communicating is inextricably embedded in the embodied, situated act itself (that's why we videotape, take galvanic skin responses, etc., after all.) However, we do share commonalities about terminology over time (see Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things in ReadingList for a fascinating look at categories.)

So, how to handle learning new terminology? I teach my students to learn how those terms are used, not to memorize a formal definition. They describe the word/phrase in their own words, and give an example of how it is used. (I learned the concept of short and long descriptions of words, rather than definitions, from my friend and colleague Aline Soules.)

--People.HilaryHolz 09/05/08

• AuthenticationVsAuthorization
• ContentModel
• DeepProcessing
• FoundationalisM
• GenerativeProgramming
• LazinessPrinciple

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