Oracle Education Foundation Rationale and Links
Oracle Education Foundation| Think.com and ThinkQuest | Rationale and links
Why
We Do This
Many people ask what motivates Oracle Corporation's philanthropy through the Oracle Education Foundation, and its investment in programs like ThinkQuest and Think.com. The reason is simple: Many of us at Oracle care passionately about education and believe it's the right thing to do. Our aim is to support technology education that fosters students' love of learning and their sense of citizenship in a global community.
In a world in which cross-cultural understanding is more important than ever, the ThinkQuest and Think.com programs reflect our goal to promote collaboration and learning that spans borders, both real and imagined. We believe that getting students from different backgrounds to communicate, collaborate and learn about each other's life experiences is valuable.
Of course, beyond being the right thing to do, this work has long-term benefits for companies like Oracle. The technology industry will continue to prosper only if our global society produces citizens capable of leveraging technology and teamwork to solve business challenges and address needs in all areas of life. The global community's future is reliant upon the same factors - the skills and wisdom of this next generation.
Toward
Learning Societies and The Global Challenges For Learning-With-Ict
The Knowledge Age is at hand, and with it, new worldwide demands for Learning Societies. The shape of learning–with–ICT to come – new lifelong skills, new kinds of learners, new learning theory, new global ways of learning, and new learning tools – are all highlighted. The top ten challenges for using ICT to help invent the Learning Societies of the future are presented.
- Download and read the full article (PDF) (147KB) by Bernie Trilling, Senior Director, Oracle Education Foundation
21st
Century skills & learning
The following links are to video case studies that show good projects within Think.com that evolve around 21st century Learning. NB use your browser back button to return here, rather than the Close button on the web player page.
- ThinkQuest Winning SARs Team Video
- Winning e-Divide team video
- 21st Century Learning with WebPlay (there are four parts to this video)
- OEF 2007 annual Report (contains an Overview and several case studies)
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