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Developing 21st Century Skills through Online Collaboration
Lynne GillProgramme Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Oracle Education Foundation
• Independent charitable organisation funded by Oracle
• Dedicated to helping students develop 21st Century skills
• Provides ThinkQuest as a free service to primary and secondary schools
– 405,000 students/teachers in 43 countries
– Partners with 63 non-profit or government organisations
ThinkQuest
• Protected, online learning platform
• Enables teachers to integrate learning projects into curriculum and students to develop 21st century skills
• Includes:
– Project environment
– Competition space
– ThinkQuest Library
– Professional development
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Benefits
Develop 21st century skills such as critical thinking, teamwork, communication, creativity, technology, self-direction, and
cross-cultural understanding
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Learning Projects
Integrate learning projects into your classroom curriculum. Choose a topic, assign students, invite teachers, and
collaborate with members around the world.
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Competition
A space for students to participate in technology contests.
Eligible entries are published in the ThinkQuest Library.Website: Students build educational websites on topics of choice
Narrative: Students publish ideas on issues of global importance
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Library
An award-winning resource containing 7,000+ student projects.
An opportunity for students to publish their work online to be viewed by millions.
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Professional Development - Curriculum Offerings
1. Instructor-led seminar for new users
2. Self-paced tutorial for the competition
3. Project learning methodology for the classroom
Program ExampleProject Example: “The Bee Project”
• Cross-cultural collaboration in UK, USA, Australia and Germany
– Students study the importance of bees and research the impact of bee colonies on the human food chain
– Project aligns to Science, ICT and Language studies and includes hands on activities
• Benefits
– Uses technology to heighten awareness around Green issues
– Enables teachers to embed cross-cultural project activities into standard curriculum
Program ExampleCollaboration with the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth in Romania
• Country-wide adoption of ThinkQuest
– 3,600 teachers received professional development
– Hosted the first Project Learning Institute in Europe
– 17,000 students use ThinkQuest in their daily curriculum
• Benefits
– Builds 21st Century skills with real world relevance
– Enables teachers to embed technology into the curriculum
– Assists Ministry in creating a virtual learning network
Lessons Learned - What Works
• Multi–Stakeholder Partnerships are critical to success
• School Principal support of ICT and 21st century skills
• Teacher Professional Development
• Ambassadors
• Students enjoy a challenge of Competitions
– 18,000 students participated in the competitions
– showcase work on websites
Lessons Learned - The Challenges
• Infrastructure and Access
• Curriculum Overload
• Promoting Benefits to Teachers
• Disconnect between Policy and Practice
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