Between assessments, digital technologies and big data: The growing influence of ‘hidden’ data mediators in education

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 523-536

  Hartong, Sigrid ^a  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

assessments; big data; digitalization; Digitalized governmentality; information technology; mediators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988527835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14749041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474904116648966     Document Type: Article

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