Beyond providing education-focused PC technology, Lenovo is committed to improving learning and increasing operational efficiency at all levels of academia through the Education Research Initiative (ERI).

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Foster research on the development, use, evaluation and re-contextualisation of OER as well as on the opportunities and challenges they present, and their impact on the quality and cost-efficiency of teaching and learning in order to strengthen the evidence base for public investment in OER.

UNESCO: 2012 PARIS OER DECLARATION

Improve both cost-efficiency and quality of teaching and learning outcomes through greater use of OER.

UNESCO: 2012 PARIS OER DECLARATION

So the hyper-individual trend is about people learning and applying new methods of choice, efficiency, self-monitoring, data tracking and information-gathering in their everyday lives.

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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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Three-quarters of these said they were facing difficulties in funding services for people with learning disabilities, and were making cuts or what they called "efficiency savings".

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However Lleu Williams from NUS Cymru said that things are already stretched, so the efficiency savings which the government has called for will lead to cuts in learning and teaching.

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"As the fastest-growing PC company in education, we are committed to creating education solutions that improve schools' efficiency, as well as leading initiatives to evaluate how technology can measurably improve learning outcomes, " said Michael Schmedlen, Director of Worldwide Education, Lenovo.

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