Big data and language learning: Opportunities and challenges

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dc.contributor.authorGodwin-Jones, Robert
dc.contributor.editorRobert Godwin-Jones
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-17T03:24:39Z
dc.date.available2021-02-17T03:24:39Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-12
dc.description.abstractData collection and analysis is nothing new in computer-assisted language learning, but with the phenomenon of massive sets of human language collected into corpora, and especially integrated into systems driven by artificial intelligence, new opportunities have arisen for language teaching and learning. We are now seeing powerful artificial neural networks with impressive language capabilities. In education, data provides means to track learner performance and improve learning, especially through the application of data mining to expose hidden patterns of learner behavior. Massive data collection also raises issues of transparency and fairness. Human monitoring is essential in applying data analysis equitably. Big data may have as powerful an impact in language learning as it is having in society generally; it is an important resource to have available, but one to use with care and caution.
dc.identifier.citationGodwin-Jones, R. (2021). Big data and language learning: Opportunities and challenges. Language Learning & Technology, 25(1), 4–19. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44747
dc.identifier.issn1094-3501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/44747
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.publisher(co-sponsored by Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, University of Texas at Austin)
dc.subjectBig Data
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence
dc.subjectNeural Networks
dc.subjectLearning Analytics
dc.subjectData Ethics
dc.titleBig data and language learning: Opportunities and challenges
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dc.type.dcmiText
local.llt.topicEmerging Technologies
prism.endingpage19
prism.number1
prism.publicationnameLanguage Learning & Technology
prism.startingpage4
prism.volume25

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Volume 25 Number 1, February 2021 Special Issue: Big Data in Language Education & Research