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1. Introduction to the
Oracle Education Foundation

2. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
• Describe the mission of the Oracle Education Foundation
(OEF)
• Identify the education programs offered by OEF
• Summarize the relationship between OEF and Oracle
Corporation
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3. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
Why Is This Important?
This lesson provides information about the Oracle Education
Foundation (OEF), so that you can become familiar with the
organization behind ThinkQuest.
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4. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
Oracle Education Foundation Mission
The Oracle Education Foundation inspires students globally to think,
connect, create, and share—using technology to help them dissolve
boundaries, fulfill their potential, and create a better society.
OEF helps students to develop the skills necessary for
success in their life and work in the 21st century. OEF
provides ThinkQuest to primary and secondary schools
around the world for free, supporting 397,000 students in 60
countries. Worldwide, OEF partners with over 80
organizations that share the same goals.
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5. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
ThinkQuest Overview
ThinkQuest is a protected, online learning platform that
enables teachers to integrate learning projects into their
classroom curriculum and students to develop 21st century
skills.
ThinkQuest includes a project environment, a competition
space, the award-winning ThinkQuest Library, and a
professional development program for educators.
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6. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
The ThinkQuest Learning Platform
ThinkQuest Projects is an online
project environment where
teachers and students engage in
collaborative learning.
The ThinkQuest Competition is a
competition space where teams of
students participate in technology
contests.
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7. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
The ThinkQuest Learning Platform
(cont.)
The award-winning ThinkQuest
Library is the world’s largest online
repository of student-developed
learning projects, visited by
millions of web learners monthly.
ThinkQuest Professional
Development is a comprehensive
training offering for educators. It
includes this ThinkQuest Projects
course, a self-paced ThinkQuest
Competition course, and the
Project Learning Institute.
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8. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
OEF’s Relationship to Oracle Corporation
OEF is an independent, charitable, 501(c)(3) organization
funded by Oracle Corporation. Oracle Corporation funds and
houses OEF and donates the services of its worldwide staff
at a value of over $13 million USD annually.
In addition, Oracle provides OEF with free, unlimited use of
its technology, which is leveraged to bring ThinkQuest to the
global primary and secondary school communities.
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9. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
Summary
In this lesson, you learned to:
• Describe the mission of the Oracle Education Foundation
(OEF)
• Identify the education programs offered by OEF
• Summarize the relationship between OEF and Oracle
Corporation
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10. Introduction to the Oracle Education Foundation
Practice
The practice activities for this lesson can be found in the
course outline.
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