大数据在高等教育研究中的应用前景分析

Analysis of the Application Prospects of Big Data in Higher Education Research

大数据为高等教育研究的视野扩展和领域深化赋予了更多可能。研究着重梳理大数据在高等教育研究中的重点领域,分析大数据在高等教育研究中的应用重心和应用方式。研究发现,高等教育的行为主体、实践行动和机构管理是大数据的重点研究领域,聚焦点为研究与教学潜力的开发、教育教学的改革与创新、效能提升。大数据能够帮助高等教育研究实现视域突破、方法融合及应用深化,但在伦理与隐私、数据分析、数据源和存储、主体鸿沟等方面其仍须应对新的挑战。

Big data provides more possibilities for expanding the perspective and deepening the field of higher education research.This study focuses on sorting out the key areas of big data in higher education research,in order to analyze the application focus and methods of big data in higher education research.This study finds that the behavioral subjects,practical actions,and institutional management of higher education are the key research areas of big data.The development of research and teaching potential,reform and innovation of education and teaching,and efficiency improvement are the focus of big data in these three key areas.Big data can help higher education research achieve breakthroughs in perspectives,method integration,and application deepening,but it still faces urgent challenges in ethics and privacy,data analysis,data sources and storage,and subject gaps.