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The expectations regarding big data are significant. More and more organisations are trying to find an answer to the question of what significance big data holds for their products, processes, and services. This question is by no means unfounded. The amount of data stored worldwide has doubled every year over the past ten years. Not only is the volume growing exponentially, but also the speed of circulation and the variation in the data.
It is anticipated that this development will create new opportunities for various societal and economic sectors, including education and science. Although many optimistic stories circulate about the added value big data can offer, it remains questionable whether these will actually materialise. Having a large amount of data available is no guarantee for an improvement in education and science.
Therefore, the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science has asked Dialogic to conduct a survey on the use of big data in education and research, and furthermore to provide a polarised perspective of the future, described in a utopian and dystopian manner.
