As an added bonus to saving school districts money that can be reinvested in other educational resources, energy efficiency efforts provide a valuable hands-on learning experience for students that can strengthen their math, science and communication skills, the alliance reports.

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This service-learning course gives students hands-on experience while producing a valuable product for an organization that serves the community.

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T.x. students will receive a high-level collegiate learning experience totally online for free.

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It also integrates online tools that enhance the learning experience, and records sessions so students can review them later.

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And at Darden technology is being used to prepare students to get the most out of a classroom learning experience.

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And powering it with digital learning to unleash the power of mass customization to meet different student needs and provide all students anywhere with the opportunities to have a high quality learning experience is absolutely critical to get there.

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They warn some medical students are already applying for trainee posts without knowing what they will be learning or if their experience will count towards their future training.

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For example, Arum and Roksa find that students who experience more rigorous classroom instruction and have professors with higher expectations generally tend to have larger learning gains.

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For example, it recommends pedagogy which encourages students to apply what they have recently studied at school and community level so as to ensure a sustainable learning experience.

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