The academy, now in its fourth year, offered a one-week, hands-on course in the basics of law enforcement.

We mulled our options for a daylong, hands-on course.

The 12 courses required of each participant include 9 online courses, and 3 hands-on courses.

Online education is then supplemented with hands-on learning, and all participants in the certification program must attend the following three hands-on courses.

Students receive a mix of online learning with hands-on courses that meet twice a week.

However, many of the "trained" technicians he encountered still needed a practical, hands-on course in television service and repair.

Video Production is a hands-on course in film making.

"It's been a very useful, hands-on course," she said.

It's a hands-on course, so people can understand the technology.

Designed to be "classrooms in nature", these hands-on courses get students into the field, designing and conducting individualized research projects.