The hidden architecture of higher education: Building a big data infrastructure for the 'smarter university'

B Williamson - International Journal of Educational Technology in …, 2018 - Springer
Universities are increasingly organized and managed through digital data. The collection,
processing and dissemination of Higher Education data is enabled by complex new data …

From Bricks to Clicks: The Potential of Big Data Analytics for Revolutionizing the Information Landscape in Higher Education Sector

A Alam, A Mohanty - … Conference on Data Management, Analytics & …, 2023 - Springer
There has been a recent shift toward using big data in the administration of educational
institutions. New complex data infrastructures with human and non-human agents enable …

Policy networks, performance metrics and platform markets: Charting the expanding data infrastructure of higher education

B Williamson - British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Digital data are transforming higher education (HE) to be more student‐focused and metrics‐
centred. In the UK, capturing detailed data about students has become a government …

Making markets through digital platforms: Pearson, edu-business, and the (e) valuation of higher education

B Williamson - Critical Studies in Education, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT 'Platform capitalism'and 'surveillance capitalism'describe the new business
model and market form of the web. These forms of digital capitalism have begun to infuse …

[图书][B] The idea of the digital university: Ancient traditions, disruptive technologies and the battle for the soul of higher education

FB McCluskey, ML Winter - 2012 - academia.edu
Various sections of this text are worth bookmarking: big data, analytics and the online
classroom especially are drawn in careful interrelation. The authors' division of university …

A patchwork of platforms: Mapping data infrastructures in schools

L Pangrazio, N Selwyn, B Cumbo - Learning, Media and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the significance of schools' data infrastructures as a site of institutional
power and (re) configuration. Using 'infrastructure studies' as a theoretical framework and …

Data infrastructure literacy

J Gray, C Gerlitz, L Bounegru - Big Data & Society, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A recent report from the UN makes the case for “global data literacy” in order to realise the
opportunities afforded by the “data revolution”. Here and in many other contexts, data …

Governing software: Networks, databases and algorithmic power in the digital governance of public education

B Williamson - Learning, Media and Technology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the emergence of 'digital governance'in public education in England.
Drawing on and combining concepts from software studies, policy and political studies, it …

[图书][B] Digital technology and the contemporary university: Degrees of digitization

N Selwyn - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Digital Technology and the Contemporary University examines the often messy realities of
higher education in the 'digital age'. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical …

Digital education governance: data visualization, predictive analytics, and 'real-time'policy instruments

B Williamson - Journal of education policy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Educational institutions and governing practices are increasingly augmented with digital
database technologies that function as new kinds of policy instruments. This article surveys …