Jane Richardson

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Jane Richardson Oracle Academy Jane.richardson_at_
oracle.com
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Oracle Academy IT Skills for the 21st century
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The New Economy

• The Global Economy is a reality as a technology
  leader, Oracle is a major player.
• The Global Economy means increased competition
  for jobs. The competitive bar is raised for
  students as they prepare for their future.

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IT Employment

• Royal Bank of Scotland John Menzies
• Standard Life Scottish and Newcastle
• Scottish Executive Diagio
• 32 Scottish Local Authorities Linn Products
• Scottish Water HBOS
• Dunfermline Building Society National Australia
  Bank
• Scottish Power NHS Scotland
• Sun Microsystems Baxters Foods
• NCR TK Maxx
• Agilent Technologies Sainsburys supermarkets
• BAA airports John Lewis
• Student Loans Vodaphone
• Scottish Enterprise BT
• NHS Scotland Amazon
• Balfour Beattie Baillie Gifford
• Forestry Commission Edinburgh Council

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Oracle Academy

• Provides institutions with
• steeply discounted,
• state-of-the art technology,
• training and certification
• resources
• Seeks to partner with colleges,
• universities, schools, districts
• ministries that believe in early
• career preparation.

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Oracle Academy

• Supports 300,000 students in 72 countries.
• Provides 2 Billion USDin software grants.
• Partners with over2500 global educationinstituti
  ons.

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Oracle Academy Benefits

• Competitive edge for students
• Students gain relevant skills that prepare them
  for for 21st century careers and advanced
  studies
• Professional development for faculty
• Faculty keep up-to-date with industry trends
  through training and certification opportunities.
• Software, curriculum and support
• Institutions integrate technology
• and training resources into
• degree-granting programs

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Oracle Academy Benefits

• Broad customer choice
• Institutions select from among three distinct
  offerings that best meet their students needs.
• Steeply discounted pricing
• 267 annual participation fee includes regular
  software updates and support
• Comprehensive benefits package for each offering
• 50 discount on select OU training
• certification exam preparation
• 40 discount on select OCP exams

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Oracle Academy RecognitionScotland

• Formal relationship with SQA to mapping to
  National Qualifications in Scotland
• Higher/Advanced Higher Information systems
• HNC computing
• HNC computer Networking
• PDA SQA/Professional Development Award
• Oracle Academy Certification
• Industry Certification (optional) to Oracle
  Certified Associate level

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• Enterprise Into Education Determined to Succeed
• Opportunities for young People- areas 1,2 3
• The Business Communitys Commitment areas 5,6,7
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• Opportunities for Teachers area 16
• Monitoring and Evaluation area 19

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• 20 Recommendations accepted by the Scottish
  Executive
• 9/20 can be achieved via the Oracle Academy
  Programme
• www.enterpriseintoeducation.org.uk

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eSkills for Europe Towards 2010 Beyond

• EU must remain attractive place to do business
  work to provide a rich science technology
  environment to draw investors
• Key skills _at_ competitive cost
• Fostering e-skills for the workforce and
  population eCitizen (Information Society)
• Design innovative eSkills training solutions
• Recognise importance of proprietary
  certifications
• Challenge of staying current

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Meeting EU Objectives for Education
Challenges in Education Solution Oracle Academy
Strengthen Vocational Training to create a competitive workforce P Academy provides relevant experience technology Professional Skills
Keep teachers skills current P Excellent Professional Development via the Academy
Encourage partnership with Enterprise P Quality partnership with IT industry Part of CSR no strings attached
Industry relevance P Teachers students can take industry certification Opportunity to learn on latest technologies
Up to date curriculum P Oracle Academy e.g use of 10g
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Solution Oracle Academy

• Students utilise database and SQL programming
  while learning professional skills
• Project management
• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Presentation
• Resume preparation

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ORACLE ACADEMY in Romania since 2002

• 2002 - Started in 2 high schools in 2002
• 2006
• Romanian Institute, 120 teachers
• OA in approx. 110 schools, 3,000 pupils
• Romania won all prizes at the IDMC
• 2007 - 1500 high schools, 45,000 pupils

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• Introduction to Computer Science Business
• formerly
• Oracle Academy

• Enterprise Business Applications Processes
• formerly
• OAI Apps

• Advanced Computer Science Business
• formerly
• OAI

Availability of offerings vary by country
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Oracle Academy
Students complete the ORACLE Academy with
database, PLSQL, business, and communication
skills that enhance their competitive advantage
to achieve future academic and professional
aspirations
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Introduction to Computer Science and Business

• Hosted technology support with no technical
  setup
• Curriculum and database practice environment are
• accessed through a web browser
• No need to install or maintain separate
• hardware or software
• 267 annual participation fee
• per faculty member/course
• Participants receive an in-kind grant of
• software, curriculum, support
• services valued at 174,960

http//academy.oracle.com
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Introduction to Computer Science and Business

• Typical participants include high schools,
  technical schools and vocational schools
• Highly-structured, state-of-the-art training and
  professional development program for faculty
• Blends virtual training with in-class training
• Participating faculty receive ongoing support

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Introduction to Computer Science and Business

• World-class, student-friendly curriculum
• Combination of business, technical and
  professional skills
• Blended learning model addresses multiple
  learning styles
• Geared towards students seeking employment or
  advanced computer science studies

Course Title Hours Certification
Database Design Programming with SQL 150 OCA PL/SQL Developer Exam 1
Database Programming with PL/SQL 150 OCA PL/SQL Developer Exam 2
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Introduction to Computer Science and Business

• I signed up for the course because it
  seemedinteresting and different from other
  courses I had studied.  I have enjoyed the team
  projects and the relaxed atmosphere.  I like the
  format of the course because we are able to work
  at our own pace.  I have developed my
  team-working skills and my communication,
  analytical and design skills.
• Grant Taylor, student
• Royal High School, Scotland

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Oracle Academy Infrastructure

• High tech
• Oracle10g, Oracle iLearning and Oracle HTML DB
• No server required
• Internet access to Oracle's online learning
  management system and SQL development
  environments.
• Easy to implement
• Removes technical burden from school
• Online reports and account management

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Advanced Computer Science and Business

• Typical participants include
• college and university
• computer science and
• engineering departments
• Participants receive grants of
• database software, curriculum, certification,
  and facultytraining resources
• Computer science, engineering, IT, and business
  school students enter workforce with
  industry-relevant skills.

http//oai.oracle.com
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Advanced Computer Science and Business

• 267 annual membership fee (per department, per
  location)
• Software for up to two platforms, including
  licenses for faculty and students
• 24/7 technical support
• Discounted curriculumtitles for 80/each
• 50 discount onexam preparation
• 40 discount on OCP exams

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Enterprise Business Applications and Processes

• Typical participants include business schools
• and college/university computer science
• departments
• Participants receive grants of
• business application software,
• curriculum, certification, and
• faculty training resources
• Business school, computer science and
• IT students enter workforce with
  industry-relevant skills.

http//oai.oracle.com
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Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications
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Enterprise Business Applications and Processes

• 267 annual membership fee (per department, per
  location)
• Software for one of five business applications
  product lines
• 24/7 technical support
• Discounted curriculumtitles for 80/each
• 50 discount onexam preparation
• 40 discount on OCP exams

http//oai.oracle.com
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Summary

• Can apply for all 3 programmes at once
• Each programme 267 per department / location
• Use of Enterprise Applications requires technical
  competency within the university/college
  department
• Colleges / universities can apply for courses at
  the new price structure from 16th October 2006
• http//oai.oracle.com

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Oracle Academy Are You Ready?

• Budget
• Technical Requirements
• Enthusiastic Instructor
• Course Approval
• Administrative Commitment
• http//academy.oracle.com

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Oracle Academy Summary

• Comprehensive curriculum for students
• Empowering professional development for
  instructors
• High Grant value
• Real-world partnerships to train the future
  global workforce.
• Easy, online registration

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Oracle Academy Register

• Register in 3 Steps
• Go to http//academy.oracle.com/
• Click on Register Here
• Accept Terms and Conditions
• Input School Information Place Order
• Input Teacher Information

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ORACLEandSQA

• A Partnership in Learning

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• What does ORACLE bring to SQA Information Systems
  courses

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Children with Ambition
New Thinking and Ideas
Critical Thinking

• Professional Application

Learning for the Real World
Enthusiasm and Motivation in Learning
Working in Partnership and Teams
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In other words

• A Curriculum for Excellence

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Higher Information Systems

• Using Information
• Relational databases
• And optional topic

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Mapping

• ORACLE Academy has a direct mapping with the
  Relational Database Unit

Pass Oracle Academy Pass in Relational
Database Unit
Note you have to fill in SQA unit pass paperwork
but you do NOT have to do the Relational Database
NAB, evidence for SQA is the ORACLE Academy pass
certificate.
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Higher Information Systems toAdvanced Higher
Information Systems
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OPTIONS

• Complete ORACLE academy and achieve Higher
  Relational Database Unit

• Complete ORACLE Academy and carry out additional
  study and sit and pass Advanced Higher Units.

• Complete ORACLE Academy and carry out additional
  study and sit and pass Advanced Higher Units,
  complete course work and sit final examination

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• Option 1 covered by Mapping

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Option 2

• While studying Oracle Academy, use supplementary
  study from SCHOLAR material and sit the Advanced
  Higher Unit assessment in
• Database Implementation and Testing
• Database Analysis and Design
• On-line Database Systems

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Option 3

• While studying Oracle Academy, use supplementary
  study from SCHOLAR material and sit the Advanced
  Higher Unit assessment in
• Database Implementation and Testing
• Database Analysis and Design
• On-line Database Systems
• Complete course work
• Sit final examination in AH Information Systems

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What have students achieved?

• A professional qualification from ORACLE
• SQA qualification
• Students will develop
• Successful learning skills and become
• Confident individual

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Information Systems 2007-2009

• Brian Davison
• Napier University

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Background

• Pervasive nature of IS
• Industry feedback
• Changes in skills among new entrants

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Changes 2006/7
Old
Information Systems
Information Technology Management
e-Business Systems
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Changes 2007/8

• Strengthening the technical content
• Introducing more practical work
• Oracle e-Business Suite

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Proposed changes 2008/9

• Reorganisation of the core programme into three
  explicit themes
• Technical
• Business application design
• Enterprise applications
• Move basic database teaching into first year
• Business/strategic
• IS for competitive advantage
• Information strategy
• Professional
• project management
• communication

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Advanced entry
First year SQL Database design
Second year Application design Architecture
Core Enterprise systems Information strategy
Options Knowledge management Forensic
computing e-commerce

• Standard entry point
• BBC at Higher
• HNC
• SWAP

• Advanced entry point
• 3 Adv. Highers
• Oracle Academy ?

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Further information

• www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/ug/
• Tim Musson,
• Admissions Tutor
• t.musson_at_napier.ac.uk
• 0131 455 2740