new paper: The Datafication of Higher Education: Discussing the Promises & Problems

This new paper in TiHE presents a conversation between DER’s Neil Selwyn and Dragan Gasevic on the topic of learning analytics and the datafication of education. Titled: “The Datafication of Higher Education: Discussing the Promises & Problems“, the paper covers a range of issues – adding a computational dimension to well-worn social criticisms of data representativeness, reductionism and injustice, as well as exploring social tensions inherent in technical claims to data-based precision, clarity and predictability.