PATHBREAKING ROLE OF BIG DATA AND LEARNING ANALYTICS IN EDUCATION: A SURVEY

The purpose of this paper is to survey the emergence of learning analytics-related educational technologies. This survey throws light on how learning analytics, in confluence with big data, has the power to render education and learning in a more personalized way to every student, and in the process, do away with the instructional model geared towards the average student and create a more socially equitable and fair educational milieu for all learners. The survey briefly dwells on the many merits as well as some cautionary considerations to be taken account in the process of implementation of learning analytics-related educational technologies.