TY - BOOK AU - Williamson,Ben TI - Big data in education: the digital future of Learning, policy and practice SN - 1473948002 AV - LB1028.3 .W55 2017 U1 - 371.33 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - SAGE Publications KW - Educational technology KW - Big data N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Big data has the power to transform education and educational research. Governments, researchers, and commercial companies are only beginning to understand the potential that big data offers in informing policy ideas, contributing to the development of new educational tools and innovative ways of conducting research.This cutting-edge overview explores the current state-of-play, looking at big data and the related topic of computer code to examine the implications for education and schooling for today and the near future ER -