Globally, Oracle Academy values educators as collaborators who are empowered to lead innovative student learning anytime, anywhere. We offer educators the technology education resources they need to help students learn, build, explore, develop, innovate, lead, and become career-ready across industries with relevant technology knowledge and hands-on skills, says Damian Haas, Senior Director, Oracle Academy, Asia Pacific & Japan.
Oracle Academy, Oracle’s global philanthropic educational program, is open to educators worldwide to advance technology education, skills, innovation, diversity and inclusion. We offer academic institutions and their educators free teaching and learning resources―including curriculum, cloud software, and professional development―that help them prepare students with knowledge, hands-on practice, and career-relevant skills.
About Damian:
- Damian has over 18 years of experience in sales, marketing, and business development in the IT industry across Australia/New Zealand and globally. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies and SMEs, specialising in market and business development.
- Before entering the private sector, Damian served 20 years as an officer in the Australian Army, including a secondment to the PNG Department of Works and a posting to the MFO Peacekeeping mission in Sinai, Egypt.
- As the Regional Director of Oracle Academy, JAPAC, he oversees regional outreach, marketing, and member services. He leads the Oracle Academy team across JAPAC and collaborates with senior management and external stakeholders to achieve results.
What key elements does Oracle Academy offer tech education in today’s colleges?
Oracle Academy offers educators free technology resources for teaching and learning. This includes curriculum, learning resources, Oracle Cloud, Oracle APEX, Oracle NetSuite, Oracle Primavera, and a wide range of software, support, professional development, and other resources. Oracle’s leadership in emerging technologies and cloud development spurs Oracle Academy’s innovation-focused curriculum, resources, technology, and events.
For educational institutions with often limited funds, the fact that these high-quality, top-notch educational resources are free means that every institution and student will be included.
What benefits can colleges, faculty members, and students derive from Oracle Academy?
Oracle Academy requires Institutional membership for academic institutions and their educators who wish to access our free teaching and learning resources. This provides access to all resources, member recognition and discounts. View the latest membership benefits.
Members access all resources through the Oracle Academy Member Hub, an intuitive, state-of-the-art learning management system. Members simply log in on the home page of academy.oracle.com.
To engage students, educators need a robust academic curriculum that sparks curiosity and imagination while teaching critical knowledge and skills. Oracle Academy’s free modular curriculum, designed by professional educators for educators, has computing pathways spanning from one semester to three years.
How is Oracle Academy equipped to upskill the future generation in the rapidly evolving technology landscape?
Oracle Academy works with public and private collaborators to provide the tools and training educators need to engage, inspire, and prepare students for fulfilling careers. Learners cannot join Oracle Academy as members; those whose institutions are members have access to a wealth of resources, including curriculum, learning resources, a Career Center for further self-study, and cloud access for higher education students.
In addition to curriculum and software, we offer Oracle Academy Education Bytes, short, flexible learning modules that teach new concepts and enhance existing knowledge and skills, problem-solving, creativity, and learning retention. Education Bytes provide self-directed, diverse learning experiences at all skill levels in programming, database, data science, big data, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, Map/Reduce, R, Hadoop, Analytics, Cloud Services, Web Services, Machine Learning, Digital Assistant, AI, and more.
All Education Bytes include a content synopsis, recommended prerequisite knowledge and skills, level of difficulty, target age group, and required software or equipment. They include hands-on labs, projects and challenges, and videos and presentations.
What message would you like to convey to our readers, including academicians, colleges, faculty, and students?
Oracle Academy values educators as collaborators who are empowered to lead innovative student learning anytime, anywhere. We offer educators the technology education resources to help students learn, build, explore, develop, innovate, and lead.
We also help educators keep abreast of ever-evolving technologies with the necessary resources to hone core knowledge and skills aligned with industry standards. Oracle Academy offers virtually integrated education and events to help them earn continuing professional development (CPD) education credits.
Oracle Academy looks forward to continuing to delight our members in more than 135 countries globally with the technology education resources educators need to help students learn, innovate, and become career-ready.
