01342nas a2200229 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043653001500055653001400070653002400084653001300108653002300121100002500144700001600169245007600185856009800261300001000359490000600369520072300375022001401098 2016 d c03/201610ae-learning10aEducation10aTechnology Enhanced10aBig Data10aLearning Analytics1 aVidal Alonso Secades1 aOlga Arranz00aBig Data & eLearning: A Binomial to the Future of the Knowledge Society uhttp://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2016/02/ijimai20163_6_4_pdf_19453.pdf a29-330 v33 aThere is no doubt that in what refers to the educational area, technology is producing a series of changes that will greatly affect our near future. The increase of students experiences in the new educational systems in distance learning makes possible to have information related to the students ‘activities and how these can be dealt with automatic procedures. The implementation of these analytical methods is possible through the use of powerful new technologies such as Data Mining or Big Data. Relevant information is obtained of the use made by the students of the technological tools in a Learning Management System, thus, allowing us to infer a pattern of behavior of the students, to be used in the future. a1989-1660