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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Research Data for Education
The unit offers services for archiving and reusing research data and information and counselling on research data management. This presents a contribution to promoting Open Science in educational research. The services are supported by research and networking activities.
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
The "Literature Information Systems" unit prepares specialised information services for the Education Research Portal.
- ABIBA | Meta – Overcoming Educational Barriers: Learning Environments, Educational Success and Social Participation
- BiSS-Transfer – Education Through Language and Writing
- BiTraInter-DBS – Feasibility Study: Strengthening a Bi-directional Knowledge Transfer on the German Education Server Using International Best Practices
- CORE – Critical Thinking in Online Learning Environments in Higher Education
- 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
- GesUB – Research Synthesis on the Genesis of Social Inequalities in Educational Attainment
- HyTea – Model for Hybrid Teaching
- IWWB-PLUS: InfoWebWeiterbildung – Personalised search area for the learning environment
- KI-Lit-Edu – AI Indexing at Literature Information Systems for Educational Research
- KonsortSWD Helpdesk – A Guide in the Network of Research Data Infrastructures
- KonsortSWD – Consortium for the Social, Behavioural, Educational, and Economic Sciences
- ML2MT – From Machine Learning to Machine Teaching – Making Machines AND Humans Smarter
- MYSKILLS – Identifying Professional Competencies (BKE)
- OERinfo – community platform for Open Educational Resources
- OFFZIB – Open Citation Data for Educational Research
- 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
- SchuMaS - Schule macht stark
- 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
- Bildungswiki Klimawandel (Educational Wiki Climate Change)
- ComPleTT – Common Plattform for electronic Teacher Training
- EduTopics: ECER
- Eduserver – German Education Server
- Elixier – The Search Engine for Educational Media
- FDZ Bildung – Research Data Centre for Education
- FoLA2 – Feedback-Orientated Learning Designs and Analytics
- German Education Portal
- Hyperchalk – Online Whiteboard for Educational Contexts
- IWWB – Information Web Further Education
- Innovation Portal
- Lehrer werden – Teacher Education in Germany
- Lesen in Deutschland (Reading in Germany)
- OERinfo – Information Service Open Educational Resources
- OpenLAIR – Open Learning Analysis Indicator Repository
- ProHaBil
- School Archives Wiki
- Schulmediothek.de
- VerbundFDB – German Network of Educational Research Data
- eduresearch.social – Open Social Network
- edutags – Social Bookmarking Education
- peDOCS – Open Access Publications for Education Science & Educational Research
- Michaela Achenbach, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Atezaz Ahmad, Associated Researcher, Educational Computer Science, Educational Technologies
- Dr. Carolin Anda, Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Dr. Johannes Appel, Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Dr. Doris Bambey, Head of Unit
- Elisa-Marie Bandlow, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- René Bartsch, B.Sc., Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Tristan Bauder, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Robert Baumann, Member of Staff, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Sonja Bayer, Head of Unit, Research Data for Education
- Saskia Becker, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Lena Brouwers, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Björn Buchal, System Administrator, Educational Computer Science
- Alexandra Burandt, Editor, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Thorsten Busert, Dipl.-Inform. (FH), Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Anke Butz, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Fernando Cardenas-Hernandez, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Claudia-Melania Chituc, Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Alexander Christ, Member of Staff, Literature Information Systems
- George-Petru Ciordas-Hertel, M.Sc., Associated Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Nadia Cohen, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- 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, Head of Unit, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- 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 (Eduserver)
- Dennis Grund, System Administrator, Educational Computer Science
- 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, Educational Computer Science
- Doris Hirschmann, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Stefan Hummel, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Dr. Konstanze Jacob, Forschungsdatenmanagerin, Research Data for Education
- Jürgen Jaeschke, System Developer, Educational Computer Science
- Roland Johannes, Dipl.-Ing., Member of Staff, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Sieglinde Jornitz, Academic Staff, Literature Information Systems
- 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, Educational Computer Science
- Ingeborg Jäger-Dengler-Harles, Academic Staff, Literature Information Systems
- Onur Karademir, M.Sc., Associated Researcher
- Angela Karnoll, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Dennis Kasch, B.Sc., Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Carolin Keller, M.A., Academic Staff, Information Management
- Almut Kiersch, M.A., Dipl.-Bibl., Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Prof. Dr. Natalie Kiesler, Associated Researcher, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Susanne Klauke, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Julia Kreusch, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Luzie Krönert, Member of Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Dr. Dana Kube, Associated Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Sylvia Kullmann, Doctoral Candidate, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Gabriele Lippold, Assistant
- Dr. Thomas Lösch, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Dr. Renate Martini, Associated Researcher, Literature Information Systems
- Tamara Massar, Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Ellen McKenney, Member of Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Alexia Meyermann, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Robina Mohammad, Member of Staff, Literature Information Systems
- Nina Mouhammad, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Technologies
- Jörg Muskatewitz, M.A. (LIS), Academic Staff, Literature Information Systems
- Axel Nieder-Vahrenholz, Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Thomas Oerder, Dipl. Infw. (FH), Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Mathieu Papdo, M.Sc., System Developer, Educational Computer Science
- Barbara Persch, Member of Staff, Educational Computer Science
- Viviann Pieper, Information Assistant, Literature Information Systems
- Sascha Pohlmann, Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Cornelia Poppe, System Administrator, Educational Computer Science
- Maike Porzelt, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Stefanie Psczolla, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Amir Rajabi, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Computer Science
- Shahla Rasulzade, Academic Staff, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Christian Richter, System Developer, Educational Computer Science
- 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, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Christoph Schindler, Head of Unit, Literature Information Systems
- Yvonne Schmidt, Data Administrator, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Dr. Jan Schneider, Post-doc Researcher, Educational Computer Science
- Petra Schraml, M.A., Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Dr. Gwen Schulte, Translator, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Christine Schumann, M.A., Editor, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Christine Schuster, Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Alexander Schuster, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Hermann Schwarz, Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Gudrun Steup-Simrock, Assistant, Literature Information Systems
- Shivantika Thakur, Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Anna Thaut, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Renate Tilgner, M.A., Academic Staff
- Dr. Britta Upsing, Academic Staff, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Cornelia-Flavia Veja, Academic Staff, Information Management
- Andrea Völkerling, Dipl.-Päd., Wiss. Dok., Academic Staff, German Education Server (Eduserver)
- Dr. Salome Wagner, Coordinator, Research Data for Education
- Heather Wehner, M.A., Member of Staff, Educational Technologies
- Dr. Joshua Weidlich, Associated Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Verena Weimer, Doctoral Candidate, Information Management
- Dr. Dirk Weisbrod, Academic Staff, Research Data for Education
- Katharina Weller, M.A., Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Katrin Wicker, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Prof. Dr. Annika Wilmers, Academic Staff
- Imke Wolbers, Information Manager, Literature Information Systems
- Sebastian Wollny, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Educational Computer Science
- Dr. Jane Yau, Post-doc Researcher, Educational Technologies
- Omar Youssef, Software Engineer, Educational Computer Science
- Yara Youssef, Academic Staff, Educational Computer Science
