LMS Reporting is a crucial feature of any modern online course and it shows full advantage of Big Data nowadays. But admit it, just looking at figures and metrics is of little use.
When big data in eLearning is discussed, I often reflect on the difference in the terms data and information. Data is, of course, raw recorded information...
The use of big data and analytics in education continues to grow. A vast apparatus of measurement is being developed to underpin national education systems, institutions and the actions of the individuals who occupy them. […] The presence of digital data and software in education is being amplified through massive financial and political investment in…
According to technology experts that would have increased from 130 to 40000 exabytes ten and a half years before 2020. Some research writers have estimated that…
In this learning analytics blog post, Andrew Downes dives deeper into the dimensions within the learner categories and explores how organizations report on the data about their learners.
Are you already involved in learning analytics or want to find out how the new big data era can support your teaching or research activities? Maybe you are ...
Professor Mark Brown is Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) based at Dublin City University (DCU) interviewed by LACE project's Maren Scheffel at EC-TEL conference in Toledo, Spain, September 2015
B. Vidgen, and T. Yasseri. (January 2016)cite arxiv:1601.06805Comment: Submitted to Frontiers in Physics, Interdisciplinary Physics, "Research Topic": At the crossroads: lessons and challenges in Computational Social Science.