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Welcome to the
Project Learning Institute

©2008, Oracle Education Foundation • All Rights Reserved.
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
• Summarize the Project Learning Institute (the Institute)
learning components
• State the technology requirements for ThinkQuest
Projects
• Explain the participant requirements
Welcome to the Project Learning Institute

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Welcome
The Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) welcomes you to
the Project Learning Institute.
The aim of the Institute is to teach primary and secondary
school teachers how to integrate 21st century skills into their
curricula. As a participant in the Institute, you will learn to
design and implement online learning projects that will help
students develop key 21st century skills.
OEF’s global project environment, ThinkQuest Projects,
showcases exceptional project learning examples and will
help you to produce projects as a part of your learning
experience.

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Why Is This Important?
Imagine that you are going away for a weeklong holiday. To
prepare for the trip, you make a list of the things you need to
take with you.
As a participant in the Project Learning Institute, you will
need to start by acquainting yourself with the Institute’s
learning components, their requirements, and some technical
considerations.

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Institute Components
The Institute is organized into three learning components:
• Virtual Training: This 6-week online training period will
provide a baseline understanding of 21st century skills and
project learning, and will enable you to start developing a
learning project that you will facilitate with your students
after the course.
• In-Class Training: This is the opportunity for you to meet
your peers face-to-face for four days and continue
developing your learning project for implementation in
your school.
• Implementation: Back at your school, you will conduct
your learning project with your students, supported by
your peers and the Oracle Education Foundation staff.

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Institute Components (cont.)
The table below shows the learning environment, number of
applicable curriculum sections, and number of hours
anticipated for completion, for each of the Institute
components.
288Face-to-face
event, and
ThinkQuest
Projects
In-Class
1
12
SectionsComponent Environment Number of Hours
Virtual ThinkQuest
Projects
60
Implementation ThinkQuest
Projects
8

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The Learning Environment
Throughout the Institute, you will spend your time working in
the ThinkQuest Projects environment. You will use this
environment for four types of activity:
• Accessing courseware
• Completing individual and group practices
• Collaborating with your peers and facilitators
• Creating projects

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Technology Requirements
The Project Learning Institute
relies heavily on access to
technology.
You need reliable Internet
connectivity and appropriate Web
browser software to participate in
the course.
Review the technology
requirements on the following
page.

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Technology Requirements Checklist
for ThinkQuest Projects
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256Kbps, DSL, Cable, T1, LANInternet connection speed
Windows
• Internet Explorer 6.0+
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5+
• Netscape 7.0+
MAC OS
• Safari 1.3+
Supported platforms and
browsers
Requirements Specifications
Pop-ups Allow

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Participant Requirements
Participants must meet specific
expectations to fully benefit from
the Institute.
Most important is that you
complete all Institute coursework
during the appropriate timeframes.
This includes all lessons, practices,
and assessments, as well as
implementing the learning project
with your students.

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Time Commitments by Component
Allocate sufficient time to complete all Institute components.
* The hours will vary depending on your familiarity with ThinkQuest Projects and technology.
Within 90 Days of In-Class8Implementation
4 Days28In-Class
Between 5 and 18 Weeks
6 Weeks
Maximum Time To CompleteComponent Hours*
Virtual 60
TOTAL 96

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Virtual Training
• Online training for 60 hours over 6 weeks*
• Support from your project learning facilitator
• You will:
Read lesson content
Complete practice activities
Define specific components of your learning project
* The hours will vary depending on your familiarity with ThinkQuest Projects and technology.

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In-Class Training
• Face-to-face training for 28 hours over 4 days
• Training led by a project learning facilitator
• You will:
Participate in class discussions and group practice
activities
Fully define your learning project
Complete a survey
You will receive a professional development certificate of
completion for 88 hours upon successful completion of all
work.

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Implementation
• 8 hours within 90 days of the last in-class training day*
• Online support from your peers and Oracle Education
Foundation staff
• In your classroom, you will:
Facilitate the learning project you designed during the
in-class training
Complete a survey to share your Institute experience
with the Oracle Education Foundation
* This is a time-estimate that assumes you will complete a simple learning project. More
complex projects will take more time to execute.

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Summary
In this lesson, you learned to:
• Summarize the Project Learning Institute (the Institute)
learning components
• State the technology requirements for ThinkQuest
Projects
• Explain the participant requirements

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Practice
The practice activities for this lesson can be found at the end
of this section.

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