Big(ger) Data as Better Data in Open Distance Learning

In the context of the hype, promise and perils of Big Data and the currently dominant paradigm of data-driven decision-making, it is important to critically engage with the potential of Big Data for higher education. We do not question the potential of Big Data, but we do raise a number of issues, a...

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Main Authors: Paul Prinsloo, Elizabeth Archer, Glen Barnes, Yuraisha Chetty, Dion van Zyl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2015-02-01
Series:International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
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Online Access:http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1948/3203