Can Big Data Analytics Enhance Education? (Infographic)

“In education, as in many other sectors looking for a quick-fix, big data suddenly promises a new salvation. If we just collect and analyze enough data, isn’t the state of education going to improve? … There is no doubt in my mind that more data on individual student’s learning style could help teachers. But the danger is that this will turn into the new incarnation of the notion that ‘putting a computer in front of a student’ is in and of itself a solution to what ails education today.”–Pressed Data

How Can Data Mining & Analytics Enhance Education?

Source: CollegeStats.org

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I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress
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