The increase of technologies, social networks and connectivity in general, has brought a big change in communications. For every minute that goes by, more than 200 million e-mails are sent to the world, 48 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube, more than 6,000 photographs are uploaded to Instagram, more than 560 websites are created, etc. Schools are not immune to the is phenomenon. How many notes, attendance records or annotations in a grade book are generated in a school per week?

What applications can Big Data have in the field of education whether in the classroom, with administration, or at home?

Imagine the advantages of being able to visualize and cross information about grades, attendance, risk of failure, gender gaps and more. What decisions or measures do you think a teacher can take when she notices that every time a certain student is missing, it is Monday? What if a UTP (academic coordinator) noticed the great gender gap in a subject taught by a certain teacher? 

The management and analysis of data can help detect early cases for attendance, low grades, even cases of abuse or bullying.

Data visualizations allow us to have a broader and clearer picture of what is happening in a school, and analyzing that data allows us to make better and more informed decisions. Rodrigo Herrera (2018) published in a column in the newspaper La Tercera:

"The application of intelligence in Big Data has already been implemented in some initiatives, such as measuring from the assistance and student performance in real time, allowing a virtual counselor to guide the person on what subjects should be reinforced, in addition to better organize their study times. (...) We are not only witnessing the fourth industrial revolution, but also the next step towards education for the future. "

Sources:

Munesh, K. & Pooja, M. (2014) Big data: a Review. International Journal of Computer Science and Mobile Computing, Vol.3 Issue.7, July- 2014, pg. 106-110

Beneyto, R. (2013) How Much Information Is Generated and Stored in the World? Documania 2.0. Retrieved from https://documania20.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/cuanta-informacion-se-genera-y-almacena-en-el-mundo/

Herrera, R. (2018) Column of Education: Big Data, the new way to manage education. The Third Online, retrieved from https://www.latercera.com/tendencias/noticia/columna-educacion-big-data-la-nueva-forma-gestionar-la-educacion/315542/