At Oracle OpenWorld this year, Oracle is taking a new approach that is focused on active learning and audience participation.

Oracle executives, partners, and customers laid out cutting-edge products and services powered by machine learning, predictive analytics, blockchain, and the Internet of Things.

But when Oracle invited a small group of analysts to peek into the company's internal machine learning summit, it was the first step toward letting the world in on its own secrets.

Oracle has acquired Datascience.com, a platform for data science and machine learning analysis and workflow management, for an undisclosed amount.

Oracle is bundling some popular machine learning applications into the engine, including support for anomaly detection, recommendation and multivariate time series forecasting.