Luciano Floridi offers some interesting thoughts on the changing nature of power in an age of information. As he puts … More
Category: Background and context
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
Digital data use in schools – remembering ‘the conditions of its history’
When talking of the datafied school, we need to remain mindful of ‘the conditions of its history’ (Foucault 1963/2003, p.xxii). … More