The skinny on big data in education: Learning analytics simplified

TechTrends

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 75-80

  Reyes, Jacqueleen A ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

big data; learning analytics; trends in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925867873     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-015-0842-1     Document Type: Article

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