The idea of knowledge and how it transfers from person to person is a broad area with a wide variety of applications. Micheal Eraut, in his Transfer of Knowledge Between Education and Workplace Settings, attempts to do an in depth analysis of the different types of knowledge and how it applies. He defines transfer as “the learning process involved when a person learns to use previously acquired knowledge / skills / competence / expertise in a new situation” (Eraut, Michael, 2009). In short, it can be an situation where someone learned something that they didn’t already know. He also breaks down the difference between knowledge that you would learn in school and the knowledge that you were learn from participating in a job, such as replacing a faulty electrical outlet. While he grows into great detail about different types of knowledge, he admits that he does not go into great detail about people combine these different types of knowledge to complete complex tasks. He is quoted as saying “Like other typologies, however, mine has one very serious weakness. It cannot represent the knowledge that results when several different kinds of knowledge are combined to achieve a complex task or performance” (Eraut, Micheal, 2009). After this, he does put together a brief model explaining how to combine different types of knowledge, but the entire article as a whole seemed incomplete without explaining how they get applied together. The electrical outlet that I mentioned earlier would require a mixture of practice with someone who was experienced and some brief schooling about math and electricity in order to complete correctly.

Yvonne Simon, who works at SNHU, was interviewed by College for America. She made some explanations about the advances in online education regarding it’s effectiveness. Online schooling has become increasingly popular and common. This has also increased the questions about how to use it. She explains that even though they don’t physically meet in classes. there is still an abundance of communication. She explain that they “Moves towards a more “transparent” standard of student achievement. Students submit projects to be evaluated by trained Reviewers, who are subject matter experts. Students receive feedback within 48 hours and then resubmit work as many times as necessary to achieve mastery on all rubric criteria (not, for example, ~70% of the criteria). This method ensures that all CfA graduates have mastered all of the competencies. We raise the bar for all students while providing a “no fail zone”: while they must master all of the competencies, they can continue to submit until they do”. (Yvonne Simon, College for America).

Works Cited:

Eraut, Michael. (2009). Transfer of Knowledge Between Education and Workplace Setting.

Interview with Yvonne Simon – College for America, Copyright © 2016-2025 Online Education Research, LLC, Yvonne Simon. College For America