Deborah Raji – a prominent Nigerian-Canadian computer scientist – recently took to Twitter to push back against increasingly testy discussions around algorithmic … More
Category: Background and context
“Those who control the questions shape the answers” (Floridi)
Luciano Floridi offers some interesting thoughts on the changing nature of power in an age of information. As he puts … More
Maintenance matters
Our research is certainly showing the importance of schools’ data infrastructures, and the ongoing maintenance and repair work that is … More
Excel stories …
Data work in schools tends to rely heavily on popular software tools such as Microsoft’s stalwart ‘Excel’ spreadsheet. One might like … More
The Tyranny of Metrics (Jerry Muller)
Much has been written about the general shift over to data, quantification and metrics across contemporary society. As Jerry Muller … More
Algorithmically down-grading education
Over the past ten years, education has steadily amassed a succession of high-profile data controversies – all of which highlight … More
Warm Data (Nora Bateson)
‘Warm data’ is a concept developed by Nora Bateson in an attempt to improve the ways in which conventional forms … More
“We can’t predict how a child’s life will turn out – even with a ton of data”
Despite the promises of the ‘data gaze‘ and ‘dataism‘ that surround the growth of digital data over the past decade … More
‘Big Dick Data’
“Big Dick Data is a formal, academic term that we, the authors, have coined to denote big data projects that … More
Data-driven schools – the end of teacher subjectivity?
Early on in his new book on automated media, Mark Andrejevic (2020) offers an interesting perspective on the promise of … More
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