transfer learning is a topic of ongoing interest in the machine-learning community. Newer transfer research also speci es that transfer occurs when a learning process takes place in a certain context (source), such as a systematically planned training measure, and the learner successfully applies the learned material in a second (changed) context (target) such as a (new) task or problem in the eld of practice (Mandl et al., 1992). It surveys current research in this area, giving an overview of the state of the art and outlining the A Theory of Transfer Learning with Applications to Active Learning Liu Yang1, Steve Hanneke2, and Jaime Carbonell3 1 Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University liuy@cs.cmu.edu 2 Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University shanneke@stat.cmu.edu 3 Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University jgc@cs.cmu.edu Abstract. We explore a transfer learning setting, … The specific operations that constitute instructional events are different for each different type of learning outcome. support is critical for learning transfer. Transfer is not a discrete activity, but is rather an integral part of the learning process. – General vs. specific transfer – Meaningful vs. rote learning – Lateral vs. vertical transfer • Contemporary Studies of Transfer – Analogical transfer – Specificity of transfer • The Ghost of General Transfer • Modeling Transfer in ACT-R “Transfer of training is of paramount concern for training researchers and practitioners. the capacity to apply acquired knowledge and skills to new situations. Learning hierarchies define what intellectual skills are to be learned and a sequence of instruction. Instructional designers have been charged with “translating principles of learning and instruction into specifi cations for instructional materials and activities” (Smith & Ragan, 1993, p. 12). Transfer of Learning (TOL) 9/2020 Transfer of Learning Tool (TOL) Instructions: Part A is completed completed and submitted to the trainer prior to the first day of class. Tool goals: 1. 3. This chapter provides an introduction to the goals, formu-lations, and challenges of transfer learning. Transfer of learning occurs when people apply information, strategies, and skills they have learned to a new situation or context. Stealth messages are messages we send that aren’t perceived as being attempts at persuasion. 4. “Unless planned transfer of learning (TOL) activities, including supervised practice and feedback, are formalized in learning plans and rigorously applied, much of what is acquired in education and training will never be used on the job.” In education Transfer of learning or transfer of knowledge or transfer refers to learning in one context and applying it to another, i.e. Part B is completed during the training and Part C is completed within 7 days after the training event. Events of learning operate on the learner in ways that constitute the conditions of learning. Transfer of learning, the application of learning to different contexts over time, is important to all learning for development. 2. A specific focus on management support can send a message that involving learners’ managers is vital to learning application. As described by Reigeluth (1983), the fi eld of Instructional Design performs this role. of the learning theories into optimal instructional actions. They are potent for two reasons—first because they send messages and second 2.2.1 Factors inhibiting transfer 14 2.2.2 Transfer model 16 2.2.3 Transfer strategy 17 2.3 Barriers to transfer of training 20 2.4 Actions to make sure that training is transferred 20 2.5 The relationship between supervisors and training transfer 22 2.6 the relationship between co-workers support and transfer of training 26 1 Definition. Researchers attempt to identify when and how transfer occurs and to offer strategies to improve transfer.