Recent Posts by Jane Richardson

In August 2020, Oracle Academy hosted our first virtual educator day for key and valued members from top Jordanian universities. The event was introduced by Raed Hajarat, Oracle Technology Sales Consulting Director, Country Leader Jordan – MEA, in association with our Oracle colleagues in Jordan who delivered three days of practical workshops on Oracle Cloud computing, learning how to build enterprise applications with Oracle APEX, and what Big Data analytics and data science...

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) is the largest umbrella organization of all information technology professionals, interest groups, and stakeholders in Nigeria. On the August 11-13, 2020, Oracle Academy sponsored and participated in the society’s International Annual Conference, 2020 virtual edition. Around 60 percent of participants, both attendees and members of NCS, came from academia. Oracle Academy’s Sefunmi Fadahunsi-Durojaye and Danny Gooris (pictured) took part in the...

On July 30 and 31, 2020, educators, IT leaders, and media professionals from East Africa and around the world explored new learning models and practices at the Global Peace Leadership Conference (GPLC). This exploration was both in response to the global pandemic, and to address shortcomings in technology and educational capacity that leave many youth behind. Oracle Academy’s Country Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sefunmi Fadahunsi-Durojaye, participated as a panelist in the “Transf...

  Oracle Academy recently sponsored the first-ever Virtual Code Week Nigeria, held July 6-17, 2020, and hosted by the Wifi Combat Academy. More than 200 teachers from across 13 states in Nigeria, including Lagos and Abuja, registered for the bootcamp event. This year’s event focused on the development of Android applications using the Java programming language. This built upon the previous and successive knowledge the teachers gained from past training on programming...

Oracle technology intern Nuha Alhabib, based in Riyadh, works closely with educators to introduce them to Oracle Academy’s free curriculum and teaching resources and member benefits. The latest of these is a new state-of-the-art, member-focused teaching and learning portal, the Oracle Academy Member Hub. The Hub offers members Oracle Academy teaching content in one location, including: Curriculum (plus quizzes and exams) Workshops and labs Oracle Academy Education Bytes Oracle...

Working over the summer, at the end of July a group of dedicated Italian educators attended an intensive Oracle Academy virtual training, Database Design and Programming with SQL, over a five-day period.   Skipping traditional beach time, the educators concentrated on complex business scenarios and corresponding data models. These professors and all Oracle Academy members also are becoming familiar with the newly launched Oracle Academy Member Hub, a state-of-the-art learning...

Recently, Oracle Academy and Oracle Hellas won two awards in Greece, which now makes 18 awards won in 5 years. On June 29, 2020, the Education Leaders Awards 2020 recognized Oracle Academy with a Silver award in the category “Online & Distance Learning” and a Bronze award in the category “Lifelong Learning & Employability.” The awards were organized by Boussias Communications. Earlier in the year, the Hellenic Responsible Business Awards presented Oracle Academy and Oracle Hellas...

Oracle Academy recently sponsored and participated in the second edition of the EdTech Summit, Nigeria’s largest summit connecting educators, innovators, and influencers in the education landscape of Nigeria. The summit, which usually is held annually in Abuja, Nigeria, transitioned into the virtual environment and took place June 29-30, 2020. The theme for the summit was ‘Emergency Response: Edtech for Teaching and Learning’ and was hosted by the Federal Ministry...

On July 6, 2020, Oracle Academy hosted more than 240 teachers and students to a live webinar, “Learn how to build enterprise applications with Oracle APEX.” Participants came from a range of academic departments, including computer science, engineering and non-IT related departments, and engaged in online-hosted hands-on labs. Salim Hlayel, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Application Express (APEX), delivered the technical sessions, which were four hours each. Each included...