— Robert Gagne

We define learning as the transformative process of taking in information that—when internalized and mixed with what we have experienced—changes what we know and builds on what we do. It’s based on input, process, and reflection. It is what changes us.”

– Tony Bingham and Marcia Conner

Transfer of learning is all about how the things we learn in one situation can be used or applied in other situations.

Means the learning of one thing helps in the learning of something else.

Ex:

Imagine you’re learning to ride a bicycle. The skills and balance you gain don’t just help you ride that specific bicycle; they can be transferred to riding any other bicycle or even a bike. This ability to transfer learning is incredibly valuable in education.

# Specific

# Positive

#Negative

# Simple

# Complex

#Zero

# Near

# Far

# High road

# Low road

For example, the same student may recognize that there is an organized structure that needs to be imposed on other types of writing as well, not just stories

For example, learning to play basketball may help a person to develop skills in coordination, balance, and spatial awareness that can be applied to other sports, such as volleyball or soccer.

For instance, learning one language can sometimes be helpful when learning a second language which has lexical similarities.

For instance, ingraining a physical move in one sport could be problematic if that physical move is not desirable in another sport.

There's a second way to think about different types of transfer of information in addition to the distinction of positive, negative and zero. This second way of thinking about it separates transfer into two groups, called low-road and high-road.

Low-road transfer, often related to near transfer, is the process of applying familiar knowledge to a similar situation to where one first learned said knowledge. High-road transfer, commonly paired with far transfer, requires deliberate reflection in order to apply prior learning to a new situation.