The era of big data has brought shocks to education, and it has also put forward new requirements and expectations for education innovation. Based on the development requirements of comprehensive education reform, innovative talent training, and optimization of education and teaching methods in the era of big data, it is extremely necessary to carry out educational innovation. In the era of big data, education innovation has also shown a certain development trend. We should fully understand the necessity of education innovation in the era of big data, grasp the development trend of education innovation in the era of big data, make full use of big data thinking, methods and techniques, and start from the aspects of education decision-making, education and teaching reform, and the construction of big data education service platform to find a new path for educational innovation in the new era.