Big Data Analytics y la educación en Colombia

Abstract

In recent years, technological advances have had an exponential growth, leading traditional data processing methods to exponential growth, leading traditional data processing methods to evolve rapidly in search of rapidly evolve in search of scalability and performance, generating real-time responses. Today, this same evolution has generated an exor generated an exorbitant amount of data, which is accessible from a variety of sources. various sources. The aforementioned was given to the need to efficiently extract the the need to efficiently extract patterns, trends and knowledge of the target population of the focus population and thus make the right decisions with a positive impact. This phenomenon is called Big Data, a whole world to explore. However, it is vitally important to of vital importance to name a small part of the research conducted by student Leonardo Hernandez of the by the student Leonardo Hernandez of the Universidad del Valle, where he says that "In Colombia we are facing a very high risk that the Big Data policy will lead us to the data of Big Data will lead us towards data as a source of monopoly power since the economy of big data or Big Data favors market concentration. market concentration. In addition, Andres mentions that only companies with infrastructure and technology are the ones that can lead the data market. the data market. However, if public and private companies and institutions form alliances with different institutions make alliances with different national and international institutions with different national and international institutions (scholarships) and with the government, they can adequately train and students so that in the future they can properly apply Big Data Analytics. correctly apply Big Data Analytics.