Welcome to Week 2 of Studying and Designing for Transfer!

This week’s resources and conversations focus on:

• Strategies for developing new scholarship of teaching and learning projects on transfer,
• Theories and practices that can facilitate studying transfer, and
• Examples of recent transfer of learning research projects.

We invite you to watch this week’s videos, explore the featured readings, and join us for a live chat with Joan Middendorf on Thursday, September 19, 2013, at 2:00 PM CDT/ 3:00 PM U.S. EDT / 19:00 UTC.

Week 2 Videos

Strategies for New Research Projects on Transfer: Linda Adler-Kassner, Randy Bass, Ketevan Kupatadze, Jessie L. Moore, and Elizabeth Wardle share strategies for developing new research projects on transfer.

Decoding the Disciplines and Threshold Concepts: Katie King, Sherry Linkon, and Joan Middendorf describe Decoding the Disciplines and Threshold Concepts, two theories of pedagogy and learning  that can be useful in the study of transfer.

Bonus Videos – Studying Writing Transfer (from Critical Transitions Online)

The Elon Research Seminar on Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer: Jessie L. Moore and Chris Anson discuss the Elon Research Seminar on Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer.

A Snapshot of Elon Research Seminar Projects on Writing Transfer: Participants from the Elon Research Seminar on Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer share snapshots of their writing transfer research.

Featured Readings For Week 2

This week our featured readings focus on strategies for studying transfer:

• Cousin, G. (2006). An Introduction to Threshold Concepts. Planet, 17, 4-5.
• Flanagan, M. T. (13 September 2013). Threshold Concepts: Undergraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Training and Professional Development – A short introduction and bibliography.
• History Learning Project. (2011-2012). Definition of Decoding the Disciplines. Decoding the Disciplines.
• Also recommended: Pace, David and Joan Middendorf, eds. Decoding the Disciplines: Helping Students Learn Disciplinary Ways of Thinking. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 98 (Summer 2004).
• Want to read more? Click here for additional recommended readings.

Week 2 Discussions

This week’s discussion topics focused on:

• Decoding the Disciplines and Threshold Concepts
• Developing New Research Projects to Study Transfer

Week 2 Live Chat

Thank you for joining us for this week’s live chat with Joan Middendorf and David Pace on Thursday, September 19, 2013, at 2:00 PM CDT/ 3:00 PM U.S. EDT / 19:00 UTC. 

Thanks for participating!

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