Big Data and Education: using big data analytics in language learning
This is an incremental position paper that reviews existing concepts and tools for educational data mining in language learning, without introducing new methods or data.
The paper discusses the application of big data analytics and data mining tools in education, focusing on language learning, highlighting the opportunities for educational stakeholders but does not present specific results or numbers.
Working with big data using data mining tools is rapidly becoming a trend in education industry. The combination of the current capacity to collect, store, manage and process data in a timely manner, and data from online educational platforms represents an unprecedented opportunity for educational institutes, learners, educators, and researchers. In this position paper, we consider some basic concepts as well as most popular tools, methods and techniques regarding Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics, and discuss big data applications in language learning, in particular.