This blog posting is the second in a series hosted by ProPEL Matters to examine how big and small data is implicated in changes to professional practices and increasing datafication of work and professional learning. There was a time when I didn’t worry too much about the ontology of data. When I worked in the field of nuclear structure physics,… Read more →
The current swirl of debate around big data and challenges of mining, capturing, curating, storing, and analyzing large data sets shows little sign of abating. In any given day, most workers will generate, use, provide, interact with, and interpret some kind of digitally-rendered data. Ways of working—and everyday living and learning—are increasingly infused with information and decisions made elsewhere and… Read more →