Tony Cook | Founder & CEO 

For years, Oracle user training has followed a familiar pattern: 
train users before go-live, provide manuals and recordings, and hope adoption follows. 

That model no longer works. 

Oracle platforms evolve quarterly, user expectations have shifted, and organisations can no longer afford low adoption, shadow processes, or constant retraining cycles. Over the next 12 months, Oracle user adoption will undergo a fundamental change — from one-time training initiatives to continuous, AI-assisted enablement embedded directly in the application. 

This shift is not theoretical. It is already happening. 

Training Is No Longer the Goal — Adoption Is 

Oracle customers are no longer asking: 

“Have our users been trained?” 

They are asking: 

“Can our users actually do their jobs in Oracle today, and after the next update?” 

The distinction matters. 

Traditional training measures attendance and completion. 
Adoption measures task success, productivity, confidence, and sustained usage. 

As Oracle applications become more powerful — and more complex — success depends on guiding users at the moment of need, not just weeks or months before. 

In-Application Guidance Is Becoming a Primary Channel 

The most significant change in Oracle adoption is where learning/support happens. 

Instead of: 

• Long Classroom sessions 

• Static documentation 

• Under-engaged eLearning courses 

Organisations are shifting toward: 

• Contextual, in-application guidance and support 

• Step-by-step walkthroughs 

• Task-based assistance embedded inside Oracle 

This is why Oracle Guided Learning (OGL) is rapidly becoming a core component of successful Oracle implementations. 

When learning lives inside the application: 

• Users don’t need to remember everything they were taught 

• New users ramp up faster 

• Support teams see fewer tickets 

• Change fatigue is reduced 

In-application guidance turns Oracle from a system that users struggle with into one they can actually use. 

First-Time Oracle Users Have Changed the Rules 

Today’s Oracle user is not a specialist. 

They are often: 

• Occasional users 

• Cross-functional users 

• New hires with consumer-grade UX expectations 

These users do not want to “learn Oracle.” They want to complete tasks quickly and correctly. 

This changes how training must be designed: 

• From modules → tasks 

• From theory → execution 

• From memory → guidance 

Oracle Guided Learning, supported by structured process content, enables organisations to train users by doing, not by explaining. 

Quarterly Oracle Updates Demand Evergreen Learning 

Oracle’s quarterly update cycle has exposed a significant weakness in traditional training models. 

Every update introduces: 

• UI changes 

• Process changes 

• New features 

• Confusion for users who were “trained” months ago 

Re-training entire user populations every quarter is neither scalable nor realistic. 

The future belongs to evergreen learning models — where learning assets are: 

• Easy to update 

• Reusable 

• Aligned with live system changes 

This is where ClickLearn becomes strategic infrastructure, not just a documentation tool. 

With ClickLearn: 

• Learning content becomes a single source of truth 

• Quarterly updates focus on deltas, not rework 

• Oracle Guided Learning content stays accurate and relevant 

Quarterly updates stop being a disruption and become an opportunity to reinforce adoption. 

AI Will Accelerate Adoption — Not Replace It 

AI is reshaping learning, but not in the way many expect. 

In Oracle adoption, AI’s value lies in speed, scale, and personalisation: 

• Faster creation and maintenance of learning assets 

• Smarter role-based guidance 

• Reduced effort to keep content aligned with Oracle updates 

AI does not replace subject matter expertise or change management. It amplifies them. 

When combined with ClickLearn and Oracle Guided Learning, AI enables: 

• Continuous optimisation of learning content 

• Personalised guidance experiences 

• Faster response to change 

The result is lower adoption friction and faster time-to-productivity. 

Oracle Adoption Is Becoming a Service — Not a Project 

Perhaps the most crucial shift is commercial. 

Organisations are moving away from: 

• Fixed-scope training projects 

• “Train-and-hope” go-lives 

Toward: 

• Subscription-based adoption services 

• Ongoing enablement models 

• Continuous improvement cycles 

This reflects a new reality: Oracle is never “finished.” 

Adoption must be maintained, measured, and improved — quarter after quarter. 

The New Oracle Adoption Model 

The future of Oracle user adoption is built on five principles: 

1. Learning lives inside the application 
2. Users are guided, not trained 
3. Content is evergreen and update-ready 
4. AI accelerates scale and maintenance
5. Outcomes, not attendance measure adoption 

This is the model Fudgelearn delivers. 

By combining Oracle Guided Learning, ClickLearn, and AI-enabled adoption services, organisations can: 

• Onboard first-time Oracle users faster

• Maintain learning assets through every quarterly update

• Reduce dependency on super users 
  
• Drive measurable, sustained Oracle adoption 

Final Thought 

The future of Oracle training is not more training. 

It is continuous enablement — embedded, intelligent, and aligned with how people actually work. 

Organisations that recognise this shift will see higher ROI from their Oracle investment. 
Those that don’t will continue retraining the same users, every quarter, with diminishing returns. 

Adoption is no longer an event. 
It’s a capability. 

And it’s becoming a competitive advantage. 

If you’re thinking about how Oracle user adoption will evolve over the next year, we’d be happy to continue the conversation. Get in touch to explore what continuous enablement could look like in your organisation.