Nearly four in 10 adult Americans have tried to transfer credit toward a college degree or credential. Of those, 58 percent lost credits in the process. For some, the consequences were severe: using ...

The infamous North Hollywood Shootout took place in 1997. Two bank robbers confronted Los Angeles police officers, who were initially armed only with handguns. The robbers, wearing homemade body armor ...

A new episode digs into one of the knottier problems in higher education: how learning is recognized across institutions. We often call this transfer of credit, but “learning mobility” is broader than ...

So transfer is an old idea. More recently (1916 to be precise), John Dewey noted its importance in the relationship between educational stimuli and adjustment of behavior, and Alfred Whitehead (in ...

When discussing learning transfer—the ability to apply previous knowledge, skills, and strategies to new contexts or situations—we should also be mindful of our learners’ cognitive load. Cognitive ...