The Information Centre for Education (IZB) at DIPF is the central institution for research and information infrastructures in education in Germany. The Centre moreover organises research and transfer of findings and links actors in education.
About
Services offered by IZB include open access to references, support in the assessment, processing and archiving of research data, information on education in Germany and also technological support to researchers. Infrastructures are implemented as part of national and international cooperations, and accompanied by comprehensive transfer activities. The services are continually developed based on own research in close alignment with the scientific community – in a user-centred manner. They target educational scientists and researchers and address subject didactics as well as practitioners, politicians, administrators in education and the public at large.
The central research and information infrastructures of the department include the German Education Server (Deutscher Bildungsserver), German Education Portal (Fachportal Pädagogik) with the German Education Index (FIS Bildung Literaturdatenbank) and the Open Access document server peDOCS as well as the Research Data Centre (Forschungsdatenzentrum (FDZ) Bildung), which operates within the Research Data Network for Education (VerbundFDB) processing scientific data for subsequent re-usage. The intersectional departmental unit for Computer Science in Education coordinates the setup and maintenance of advanced infrastructure technologies at the department.
The Information Centre for Education also runs its own research in the areas of information management (Prof Dr Marc Rittberger) and Educational Technologies (Prof Dr Hendrik Drachsler), who collaborate closely with cooperating universities in Darmstadt, Hildesheim and Frankfurt am Main. Thematic areas of this fundamental and user-oriented research at IZB concern Open Science, educational research monitoring and education in a digital environment.
IZB pursues its activities in a close cooperation with diverse actors and in networks for education like universities, research institutes, documentation and infrastructure institutes and libraries. Internationally, IZB is also visible with its many activities.
In 2021, the Information Centre for Education celebrated its 20th anniversary. On this occasion, the booklet "Das Informationszentrum Bildung: 20 Jahre Infrastruktur, Forschung und Transfer" has been published.
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
The unit includes both the Research Data Centre for Education (FDZ Bildung) and the coordination of the German Network for Educational Research Data.
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
- Fostering User Orientation by Web Monitoring and Research
- 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
- Dr. Carolin Anda, 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, Head of Unit, 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., Associated Researcher, 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., Doctoral Candidate, Teaching and Learning in School Contexts
- 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
- 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
- Omar Youssef, System Administrator, Bildungsinformatik
- Yara Youssef, Academic Staff, Bildungsinformatik