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Re: [xmca] on the learning sciences, constructionism, and technological determinism
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- Subject: Re: [xmca] on the learning sciences, constructionism, and technological determinism
- From: Elia Nelson <eliajn@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:40:54 -0400
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> the specific nature of the technology "shapes" or "constrains" (not
> "detemines", for heaven's sake) behavior in specific ways through the
> specific affordances it provides to its user.
>
>
I offer a term from my colleagues in Science & Technology Studies: as a
contraction of 'constrains' and 'enables,' we often find ourselves using
'constrables' in this exact context.
Elia
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Elia J. Nelson, nelsoe3@rpi.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dept. of Lang., Lit., & Comm.
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