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Big Data in Education: The Promise and the Peril
A large amount of learning happens in digital environments that can preserve data about every click, scroll, and touch. These data can support powerful predictions about a learner’s interests, abilities, and actions. What can we do with these data, and what principles should guide our use of data? In this episode, Avriel Epps-Darling, Andrew Ho, and Katina Michael discuss the promise and peril of “big data” in educational contexts. Each will provide examples where these data have helped learners and improved equity, as well as situations where they have caused harm, even with the best of…
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