The Information Centre for Education (IZB) and the Research Library for the History of Education (BBF) jointly constitute the national centre for research and information infrastructures for educational science and educational research in Germany. Besides working on contents, the Centre is particularly engaged in coordinating tasks.
About
The Information Centre for Education collaborates with different networks to provide a broad scope of infrastructures. Particular focus lies on the delivery and transfer of literature information, support in assessing, processing and archiving research data, and making available information on the education system in Germany. Furthermore, the Centre offers technological support for research activities. Accompanied by comprehensive transfer activities, the infrastructures are implemented in the context of national and international cooperations, and are further developed according to research needs. To this end, the Centre conducts research in its own right, and communicates with the relevant scientific community.
The Information Centre for Education offers key research and information infrastructures, such as the German Education Server (Deutscher Bildungsserver), the German Education Portal (Fachportal Pädagogik) with the German Education Index (FIS Bildung Literaturdatenbank) and the OpenAccess document server peDOCS as well as the Research Data Centre (Forschungsdatenzentrum (FDZ) Bildung), which, as part of a research data alliance, prepares scientific data for re-usage. The liaison office International Cooperation in Education (ice) promotes and supports networking of German educational researchers, and the Centre for Technology-Based Assessment (TBA Centre) develops and delivers software tools for the design and analysis of computer-based tests.
Activities at the Information Centre for Education are monitored and advanced on the basis of its own research in the areas of information management, eHumanities and Educational Technologies, as well as in close cooperation with partner universities in Darmstadt, Hildesheim and Frankfurt am Main. The Information Centre for Education focuses its fundamental and application-oriented research on the thematic areas of Open Science and Digital Education.
Units
Educational Computer Science
With its technical expertise and resources in the fields of portal technology, data management and software development, Educational Computer Science (EduCS) supports various DIPF activities and projects.
Educational Technologies
The EduTec Research Group is a multinational, cross-disciplinary team of specialists committed to incorporating Artificial Intelligence into educational science, as well as allied disciplines like psychology, pedagogy and didactics.
German Education Server (Eduserver)
The German Education Server is a central guide to education in Germany and an information service for education worldwide. It offers access to selected internet resources from the federal government, federal states, universities, state institutes and research institutes.
Information Management
The information management unit hosts an interdisciplinary team which researches and analyses information infrastructures and searches for information – developing open science and teaching practices in educational research and related disciplines.
Literature Information Systems
Research Data for Education
Management
Prof. Dr. Marc RittbergerContact
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- ABIBA | Meta – Overcoming educational barriers: Learning Environments, Educational Success and Social Participation
- ALICE – Analyzing Learning for Individualized Competence Development in Mathematics and Science Education
- BiSS-Transfer – Education Through Language and Writing
- DiFA – Digital Formative Assessment – Unfolding its full potential by combining psychometrics with learning analytics
- Digi-EBF II – Meta-Project "Digital Education II"
- FID – Specialised Information Service “Educational Science and Educational Research”
- ForSynData – Guidelines for FAIR and Reusable Research Syntheses in Psychology and Educational Science
- GREAT – Games Realising Effective & Affective Transformation
- HIKOF-DL – Highly Informative and Competency-Oriented Feedback for Digital Learning
- HyTea – Model for Hybrid Teaching
- IWWB-PLUS: InfoWebWeiterbildung – Personalised search area for the learning environment
- KonsortSWD – Consortium for the Social, Behavioural, Educational, and Economic Sciences
- LAMASS@DiLea – Learning Analytics, Monitoring and Ambition for Study Success in Distance Learning
- MILKI-PSY – Multimodal Immersive Learning with Artificial Intelligence for Psychomotor Skills
- ML2MT – From Machine Learning to Machine Teaching – Making Machines AND Humans Smarter
- MYSKILLS – Identifying Professional Competencies (BKE)
- OERinfo – community platform for Open Educational Resources
- PROMPT – Optimizing Self-Regulated Learning Processes With Digital Prompts
- QualiBi – Development of a research data platform for qualitative educational research
- ReTransfer – Re-innovation and transfer of digital disciplinary concepts in social science teacher education in the context of digital sovereignty and open educational practices
- ZIB – Centre for International Student Assessment
- edu_consort_oa – Project Network Open Access Consortium Education for E-books and Journals
- lernen:digital – Competence Network for a Digital Transformation of Schools and Teacher Training
Staff
- Michaela Achenbach, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Atezaz Ahmad, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Carolin Anda, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Dr. Johannes Appel, Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Dr. Doris Bambey, Head of Unit, Research Data for Education
- Elisa-Marie Bandlow, Information Manager, Information Management
- René Bartsch, B.Sc., Software Engineer, Bildungsinformatik
- Tristan Bauder, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Robert Baumann, Member of Staff, Bildungsinformatik
- Dr. Sonja Bayer, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Daniel Biedermann, M.Sc., Associated Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Lena Brouwers, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Björn Buchal, System Administrator, Bildungsinformatik
- Alexandra Burandt, Editor, German Education Server
- Thorsten Busert, Dipl.-Psych., Software Engineer, Information Center for Education
- Fernando Cardenas-Hernandez, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Dr. Claudia-Melania Chituc, Software Engineer, Bildungsinformatik
- George-Petru Ciordas-Hertel, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Nadia Cohen, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Cristina Czifra, Information Assistant, Literature Information Systems
- Dr. Daniele Di Mitri, Post-doc Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Prof. Dr. Hendrik Drachsler, Head of Unit, Educational Technologies
- Dr. Sigrid Fahrer, Coordinator, Information Center for Education
- Gianpiero Favella, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Marius Gerecht, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Ramona Gietzen, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Sebastian Gombert, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Susanne Grimm, Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Dennis Grund, System Administrator, Bildungsinformatik
- Nick Gerrit Hasche, M.A., Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Tamara Heck, Head of Unit, Information Management
- Johannes Hiebl, Doctoral Candidate, Information Management
- Manuela Hiller, Assistant, Research Data for Education
- Henning Hinze, System Developer, Bildungsinformatik
- Doris Hirschmann, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Julian Hocker, M.A., Associated Researcher, Information Management
- Stefan Hummel, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Information Center for Education
- Dr. Konstanze Jacob, Forschungsdatenmanagerin, Research Data for Education
- Jürgen Jaeschke, System Developer, Bildungsinformatik
- Roland Johannes, Dipl.-Ing., Member of Staff, Bildungsinformatik
- Dr. Sieglinde Jornitz, Academic Staff, International Cooperation in Education
- Nadeshda Jung, M.A., Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Marcel Jungmann, B.Sc., Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Yannic Jäckel, M.A., Doctoral Candidate, Bildungsinformatik
- Ingeborg Jäger-Dengler-Harles, Academic Librarian, Information Management
- Onur Karademir, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Angela Karnoll, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Dennis Kasch, B.Sc., Software Engineer, Bildungsinformatik
- Carolin Keller, M.A., Academic Staff, Information Center for Education
- Patricia Kern, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Julia Kett-Hauser, Member of Staff, Research Data for Education
- Almut Kiersch, M.A., Dipl.-Bibl., Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Dr. Natalie Kiesler, Associated Researcher, Bildungsinformatik
- Dr. Susanne Klauke, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Julia Kreusch, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Luzie Krönert, Member of Staff, Information Center for Education
- Dana Kube, M.A., Associated Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Sylvia Kullmann, Doctoral Candidate, Bildungsinformatik
- Gabriele Lippold, Assistant, Information Center for Education
- Dr. Thomas Lösch, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Renate Martini, Associated Researcher, Literature Information Systems
- Tamara Massar, Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Ellen McKenney, Assistant, International Cooperation in Education
- Alexia Meyermann, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Robina Mohammad, Member of Staff, Information Center for Education
- Nina Mouhammad, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Jörg Muskatewitz, M.A. (LIS), Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Axel Nieder-Vahrenholz, Software Engineer, Bildungsinformatik
- Thomas Oerder, Dipl. Infw. (FH), Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Mathieu Papdo, M.Sc., System Developer, Bildungsinformatik
- Barbara Persch, Member of Staff, Bildungsinformatik
- Viviann Pieper, Information Assistant, Literature Information Systems
- Sascha Pohlmann, Software Engineer, Research Data for Education
- Cornelia Poppe, System Administrator, Bildungsinformatik
- Maike Porzelt, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Stefanie Psczolla, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Ilsa Quick, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Information Management
- Shahla Rasulzade, Academic Staff, Bildungsinformatik
- Dr. Christian Richter, System Developer, Bildungsinformatik
- Prof. Dr. Marc Rittberger, Director, Information Center for Education
- Gianluca Romano, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Jens Röschlein, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Ana Schenk, Academic Staff, Information Management
- Dr. Kristina Schierbaum, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Daniel Schiffner, Head of Unit, Bildungsinformatik
- Dr. Christoph Schindler, Head of Unit, Literature Information Systems
- Yvonne Schmidt, Data Administrator, German Education Server
- Dr. Jan Schneider, Post-doc Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Katharina Schobert, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Information Management
- Petra Schraml, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Dr. Gwen Schulte, Translator, German Education Server
- Christine Schumann, M.A., Editor, German Education Server
- Alexander Schuster, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Christine Schuster, Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Hermann Schwarz, Software Engineer, Bildungsinformatik
- Gudrun Steup-Simrock, Assistant, Literature Information Systems
- Shivantika Thakur, Software Engineer, Bildungsinformatik
- Anna Cäcilia Thaut, Information Manager, Research Data for Education
- Renate Tilgner, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Dr. Britta Upsing, Academic Staff, Bildungsinformatik
- Dr. Cornelia-Flavia Veja, System Developer, Information Management
- Andrea Völkerling, Dipl.-Päd., Wiss. Dok., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Heather Wehner, M.A., Assistant, Bildungsinformatik
- Dr. Joshua Weidlich, Post-doc Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Verena Weimer, Doctoral Candidate, Information Management
- Dr. Dirk Weisbrod, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Katharina Weller, M.A., Member of Staff, Information Center for Education
- Katrin Wicker, M.A., Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Dr. Annika Wilmers, Academic Staff, International Cooperation in Education
- Imke Wolbers, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Sebastian Wollny, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Alexander Wolodkin, Member of Staff, Educational Technologies
- Dr. Jane Yau, Post-doc Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Yara Youssef, Academic Staff, Bildungsinformatik
- Omar Youssef, System Administrator, Bildungsinformatik