Browsing: big data

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Editor’s note: Great resource on big data including a range of videos covering topics such as crowd sourcing and personal data.

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Editor’s note: A brief list with brief explanations of the terms but useful as an introduction to the types of tech terms you will see in big data discussions.

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Editor’s note: Here’s how DoSomething.org go from 350 million data points to organisational change, and how organizations grappling with similarly huge amounts of information can do the same.

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Editor’s note: An abstract of a new book by Evgeny Morozov entitled ‘To Save Everything Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism’ in which Morozov calls for new ways to appreciate the imperfections of democracy versus what he calls being forced to wear Silicon Valley’s digital straitjacket.

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Editor’s note: With all the big data hype, this article looks under the skin of big data in education and whether data can provide actionable pedagogical insights. The article raises some interesting issues around how video, for example, can be usefully measured in terms of learning impact and whether data can be captured to help educators understand how to create a greater impact.