The Information Center 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 Center is particularly engaged in coordinating tasks.
About
The Information Center 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 Center 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 Center conducts research in its own right, and communicates with the relevant scientific community.
The Information Center 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 Center for Education focuses its fundamental and application-oriented research on the thematic areas of Open Science and Digital Education.
Department Units
Computer Science in Education
The cross-sectional unit Computer Science in Education unites information technology capacities. It caters to the needs and requirements of the other, content-oriented units of the Information Center. Moreover, the unit acts as a service provider to interdepartmental cooperations of the Institute. Its foci lie on portal technology, data management and software development.
Educational Technologies
The research unit Educational Technologies focuses on the area of Learning Analytics, that is the analysis of data from educational processes. The objective is to gain insights concerning the education system and individual teaching and learning processes, which also allow for the establishment of personalised learning arrangements.
eHumanities
The unit participates in the interdepartmental priority area of research data and focuses on Digital Humanities.
German Education Server
The central internet guide to the entire education system in Germany collates and edits relevant internet resources on the topic of education. The service is closely linked to decentralised education portals of the federal states and diverse (formerly) publically-funded portals, both at a technical level, and by the shared use of contents.
Information Management
The research unit Information Management focuses on user research and monitoring of educational research.
International Cooperation in Education
The liaison office International Cooperation in Education supports empirical educational researchers and educational institutions in Germany in taking up and strengthening international cooperations and projects.
Literature Information Systems
The unit Literature Information Systems (LIS) provides the Education Research Portal. Furthermore, infrastructural offers of literature information are operated, researched and further developed with a view to Open Science. This includes the coordination of the expert information system German Education Index ("FIS Bildung") with the internal section "Information and Documentation" (IuD), the subject-specific open access server peDOCS, the Specialised Information Service "Educational Science and Educational Research" (FID) as well as the monitoring of educational research in the form of systematic searches and scientometric studies.
Research Data for Education
Activities in the area of research data for education constitute a core element of the entire Institute’s strategic priority Research Data for Educational Research. The Research Data Centre has a remit to archive and deliver research data for education in a legally certain, user-friendly way. As part of a research data alliance funded by the BMBF (Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung), DIPF acts as coordinator for the development of an efficient, decentralised research data infrastructure for educational research. In particular, the alliance targets the construction of a central national research and referatory structure.
Technology Based Assessment
The department places a particular focus on support systems for empirical educational research and the delivery of instruments in the context of large-scale assessments, as well as competence and individual measurement. Respective activities are run by the Centre for Technology-Based Assessment (TBA Centre), for which the Information Center for Education and the Department of Educational Quality and Evaluation are jointly responsible. The TBA Centre develops and provides software tools for the design and analysis of computer-based tests.
Management
Director
Heads of Units
Dr. Doris Bambey, Research Data for Education
Prof. Dr. Hendrik Drachsler, Educational Technologies
Dr. Daniel Schiffner, Computer Science in Education / Technology Based Assessment (IZB)
Dr. Tamara Heck, Information Management / eHumanities
Dr. Christoph Schindler, Literature Information Systems
Contact
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Units
Computer Science in Education
German Education Server
Educational Technologies
Research Data for Education
Information Management
Literature Information Systems
Technology Based Assessment
Management
Prof. Dr. Marc RittbergerContact
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- ABIBA | Meta – Overcoming educational barriers: Learning Environments, Educational Success and Social Participation
- Analyzing and Fostering Learning for the development of Competence
- BiSS-Transfer – Education Through Language and Writing
- Centre for International Student Assessment
- DELTA – Towards Digital Education with modern Learning Technologies and Assessment approaches
- DiFA - Digital Formative Assessment
- DiFA – Digital Formative Assessment – Unfolding its full potential by combining psychometrics with learning analytics
- Digi-EBF – Meta project “Digitizing in education“
- FID – Specialised Information Service “Educational Science and Educational Research”
- GREAT – Games Realising Effective & Affective Transformation
- 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
- MYSKILLS – Identifying professional competencies (BKE)
- 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
Staff
- Michaela Achenbach, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Atezaz Ahmad, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Carolin Anda, M.A., Academic Staff, Information Center for Education
- Dr. Johannes Appel, Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Gerda Balazs-Bartesch, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Dr. Doris Bambey, Head of Unit, Research Data for Education
- Elisa-Marie Bandlow, Information Manager, Information Management
- René Bartsch, B.Sc., Software Engineer, Information Center for Education
- Tristan Bauder, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Robert Baumann, Member of Staff, Technology Based Assessment
- Dr. Sonja Bayer, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Daniel Biedermann, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Lena Brouwers, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Björn Buchal, System Administrator, Technology Based Assessment
- Alexandra Burandt, Editor, German Education Server
- Thorsten Busert, Dipl.-Psych., Software Engineer, Technology Based Assessment
- Anke Butz, Academic Staff, Literature Information Systems
- Fernando Cardenas-Hernandez, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Dr. Claudia-Melania Chituc, Software Engineer, Technology Based Assessment
- 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, Technology Based Assessment
- 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, Technology Based Assessment
- Dr. Konstanze Jacob, Forschungsdatenmanagerin, Research Data for Education
- Jürgen Jaeschke, System Developer, Bildungsinformatik
- Roland Johannes, Dipl.-Ing., Member of Staff, Technology Based Assessment
- 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
- Angela Karnoll, M.A., Academic Staff
- Dennis Kasch, B.Sc., Software Engineer, Technology Based Assessment
- 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, Academic Staff, Bildungsinformatik
- Carmen Kindermann, Assistant, Information Center for Education
- Dr. Susanne Klauke, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Julia Kreusch, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Dana Kube, M.A., Academic Staff, Educational Technologies
- Sylvia Kullmann, Doctoral Candidate, Information Center for Education
- Prof. Dr. Paul Libbrecht, Associated Researcher, Technology Based Assessment
- Gabriele Lippold, Assistant, Information Center for Education
- Dr. Thomas Lösch, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Renate Martini, Academic Staff, Literature Information Systems
- Tamara Massar, Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Ben Mayer, Doctoral Candidate, Information Center for Education
- Ellen McKenney, Assistant, International Cooperation in Education
- Alexia Meyermann, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Robina Mohammad, Member of Staff, Information Center for Education
- Luca Mollenhauer, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- 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, Technology Based Assessment
- 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, Technology Based Assessment
- 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
- 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, Technology Based Assessment
- Anna Cäcilia Thaut, Information Manager, Research Data for Education
- Renate Tilgner, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Dr. Britta Upsing, Academic Staff, Technology Based Assessment
- Dr. Cornelia-Flavia Veja, System Developer, Information Management
- Andrea Völkerling, Dipl.-Päd., Wiss. Dok., Academic Staff, German Education Server
- Heather Wehner, M.A., Assistant, Technology Based Assessment
- Dr. Joshua Weidlich, Post-doc Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Verena Weimer, Doctoral Candidate, Information Center for Education
- 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
- Omar Youssef, System Administrator, Bildungsinformatik
