The rise of Big Data: what does it mean for education, technology, and media research?

CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR BIG DATA: Provocations for a cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon

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Educational Data Mining: A review of the state of the art

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The Technical Fix: Education, Computers and Industry

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Expanding Evidence Approaches for Learning in a Digital World.

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Higher Education Governance of Big Data

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Big Data and Educational Research

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Tools for Convergence, Actualization and Personalizing Educational Programs and Content

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Exploring the Use of Big Data Analytics for Improving Support to Students in Higher Education

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Diseño de un estudio exploratorio para la aplicación de técnicas de analíticas de aprendizaje en la enseñanza de las fracciones en 5º curso de Educación Primaria/ Design of an exploratory study for the application of learning analytical techniques in the teaching of fractions in the 5th year of Primary Education

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The co-construction of data in-time: collaborative pedagogical encounters of golf instructors and students with data

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Exploring the Views of Young People, Including Those With a History of Self-Harm, on the Use of Their Routinely Generated Data for Mental Health Research: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Study

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Follow-ups versus snapshots: On the necessity of new methodologies and forms of epistemic thought in critical edtech studies

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The double edge of communicative AI: continuity and disruption in higher education

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Big Data e ciência de dados: uma revisão crítica de questões para a pesquisa educacional

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Educational Ethnography in an Age of Technoculture

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Uncovering Patterns and Trends in Big Data-Driven Research Through Text Mining of NSF Award Synopses

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Recent Development in Big Data Analytics

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Here Be Dragons

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Comparisons on Clustering Methods: Use of LMS Log Variables on Academic Courses

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Elektronenbahnen in Feldern. Konzeption und Evaluation einer webbasierten Lernumgebung

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The Coal Beds of Generations X, Y, and Z: Syncing, Learning, and Propagating in the Age of the Posthuman

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Digital technologies, big data and ideological (neoliberal) fantasies

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Analysis of Information Technology-Based Educational Human Resource Development Strategies at the Higher Education Level

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Are Universities Sticky? Evidence from LinkedIn Users in the U.S.

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Research Status of International Intelligence Education

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Cloud Computing Big Data Adoption Impacts on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

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A study on the cognitive model of student management in colleges and universities under the perspective of big data technology

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KEPERLUAN PEMBINAAN MODEL PENGURUSAN DATA RAYA PEJABAT PENDIDIKAN DAERAH DI MALAYSIA

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Educational Development in the Postdigital Era

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Capturing Lifelong Learning Data through International Surveys and Novel Innovative Methods

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Exploring Datafication for Teaching and Learning Development

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Cloud Computing Big Data Adoption Impacts on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

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Ciencias sociales y Big Data

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What Does It Mean “To Learn” In The Internet Age?

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Big Data For Development: Applications and TechniquesPreprint

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Big Data w relacji do procesów zmian w edukacji

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Data use in secondary schools

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Alberta apprentice online class registration: Assessing student experience using the technology acceptance model

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Self-control? Students' quantified self in the digital university

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Analyses of Students’ Vocational Data Using Some Selected Classification Algorithms

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Strategies on Traditional Chinese Medicine Translation Teaching in the Age of Big Data

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تقییم استخدام البیانات الضخمة فی المؤسسات التعلیمیة باستخدام مدخل متعدد المعاییر لاتخاذ القرار Evaluating Big Data Use in Educational Institutions Using Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach

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Big Data Concept Information Literacy Perspectives and Applications in Academic Environments

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Las perspectivas de estudiantes universitarios sobre el Big Data y su papel en el sistema educativo

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Medienpädagogik und Online-Forschung

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Big Data Analytics and Security in Healthcare Industry

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Here Be Dragons

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Research on student management under the background of big data

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Big data in education: Themes and trends

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Psychoinformatics and learning: a transformative paradigm for Educational Psychology

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Turizm Eğitiminde Yapay Zekâ Uygulamaları

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IEEE Recommended Practice for Ethically Aligned Design of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Adaptive Instructional Systems

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Investigations of AI-Driven Personalization and Learning Analytics for Enhanced Education

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Data-Informed Educational Research and Evidence-Based Decision Making in Modern Education Systems

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Reimagining Entrepreneurial Learning in the Digital Era

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Big Data in Education Technology

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Big Data in Education

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Big data - studia przyszłości

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