TY - CHAP
T1 - Concluding Comments
AU - Prodromou, Theodosia
PY - 2021/10/5
Y1 - 2021/10/5
N2 - Big Data arose from the growing use of interconnected computational systems. As the Internet exploded during the 1990s, so, too, did the amounts of data generated, and with these massive new data sets, supported by increasing computation and storage power, came new problems and opportunities. Confronted with so much data, traditional methods for data analysis were no longer sufficiently effective or efficient, and new techniques began to develop to deal with this new, often unstructured data. Because Big Data is relatively new, so, too, is its study. In this new field, there is a wide range of issues to be studied, and many disparate views and divergent approaches. Researchers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the vast areas for research and examination, and each step forward offers many new questions to be answered. The research in this book offers a view into many different questions about Big Data, and how and why it can be used in education and educational research.
AB - Big Data arose from the growing use of interconnected computational systems. As the Internet exploded during the 1990s, so, too, did the amounts of data generated, and with these massive new data sets, supported by increasing computation and storage power, came new problems and opportunities. Confronted with so much data, traditional methods for data analysis were no longer sufficiently effective or efficient, and new techniques began to develop to deal with this new, often unstructured data. Because Big Data is relatively new, so, too, is its study. In this new field, there is a wide range of issues to be studied, and many disparate views and divergent approaches. Researchers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the vast areas for research and examination, and each step forward offers many new questions to be answered. The research in this book offers a view into many different questions about Big Data, and how and why it can be used in education and educational research.
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76841-6
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-76841-6_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-76841-6_11
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783030768409
SN - 9783030768416
SN - 9783030768430
T3 - Policy Implications of Research in Education
SP - 239
EP - 247
BT - Big Data in Education: Pedagogy and Research
A2 - Prodromou, Theodosia
PB - Springer Cham
CY - Switzerland
ER -