Tuesday 4 February 2014

How Can Big Data Enhance Education?

By Katie Lepi, Edudemic


Big Data is all around. Used in every type of industry to identify trends and possibility, data is also being used in education. Identified as one of the top trends in education, institutions are using them in all sorts of different ways. Think of it like the Google analytics for your classroom. Google analytics analyzes your website’s traffic and shows you what your best opportunities are for presenting certain ideas to certain audiences. Learning analytics can analyze your students and their work, and you can pinpoint some opportunity for personalization and optimization of your teaching and classroom. The handy infographic linked below takes a look at some ways that data mining and learning analytics can help enhance education. Keep reading to learn more.


http://www.edudemic.com/big-data-education/


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