"experiential" query

[Wilson Gray]

I've come across this word, before, G. Unfortunately, that's all that
I can add to the discussion, since I can recall nothing else about the
word.

-Wilson

On 9/13/06, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at umr.edu> wrote:
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>    Today a senior colleague pointed to a sign on a campus van which said: "Student Design & Experiential Learning Center" and
>  asked if I ever heard "experiential" before.  I hadn't, and neither had he.  The word is based on "experience" and refers to learning by doing.
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>     I later checked Google, and there were quite a few references to "experiential (learning/education)," e.g. in Wikipedia:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiential_education
> But is this word a natural part of the vocabulary of people other than a very limited portion of the education establishment?
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> Gerald Cohen
> University of Missouri-Rolla
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