Activities and Outputs
The Research Data Centers collaborating within the FDB network are jointly expanding services for educational researchers. To support this, annual meetings and regular monthly exchanges are held. The members form working groups on selected topics.
Below, we inform you about:
Active working groupsCompleted working groupsInternal eventsProject and results reports
Contact person
Alexia Meyermann
Coordination – focus on research data infrastructure, member of the consulting team
Active working groups
Log data working group
Active since August 2023
What does the working group do?
In the working group, Research Data Centers, researchers and data providers exchange information on the provision and archiving of log data. Log data includes process data and log events that are collected and stored during technology-based surveys. The working group deals with conceptual, legal, technical and documentary issues. It deals with questions such as what type of log data should be provided and what effects on declarations of consent should be considered? The working group is open and interested parties from outside the VerbundFDB are always welcome.
Participating institutions
IQB (only available in German)
Contact
Benjamin Becker (IQB)b.becker@iqb.hu-berlin.de
AG Cessation
Active since February 2023
What does the working group do?
What are the consequences if an RDC ceases operations or no longer offers individual services? This can happen, for example, if the funding of an RDC expires or due to shifts in institutional responsibilities and related reorganizations. The aim of every RDC is to guarantee continuous access to the data and metadata for which it is responsible even beyond its own existence. To this end, preparations are made for the transfer of digital objects and services to other repositories, known as succession planning.
In the Cessation WG, several RDCs discuss the topic of succession aiming to develop a joint checklist to provide guidance for RDCs. The working group also aims to raise awareness of the topic and make it easier to get started. The working group deals with questions of data transfer and transfer of the archiving task as well as with aspects of the continuation of services by other repositories in order to ensure continued data usability after an RDC is dissolved or transferred..
Participating institutions
IQB (only available in German)
Contact
Lisa Pegelow (IQB)lisa.pegelow@iqb.hu-berlin.de
Working group on data preparation automation
Active since 2022
What does the working group do?
Data scientists and data stewards from various Research Data Centers exchange information on the possibilities of automating data preparation, data checking and documentation processes. Furthermore, technical challenges that arise in the context of data preparation are discussed. Topics include automated checks of value tables and missing tags, spell checking, ensuring replicability of data preparation, and handling encoding issues. The working group is open and interested parties are always welcome.
Participating institutions
IQB (only available in German)
Contact
Lisa Pegelow (IQB)lisa.pegelow@iqb.hu-berlin.de
Metadata working group
Active since 2017
What does the working group do?
In the Metadata Working Group, RDC representatives are working to harmonize the metadata sets and schemas of different RDCs. The aim is to to ensure a consistently high level of quality. On the other hand, an automatic import of metadata from the various RDCs into the forschungsdaten-bildung.de portal via technical interfaces. This will enable educational researchers to find data in one central location, regardless of where they are archived.
Output
Core set and da|ra harvesting in VerbundFDB (only available in German)
Current information (only available in German)
Contact
Dirk Weisbrodd.weisbrod@dipf.de
Completed working groups
Active from 2022 to 2024.
What does the working group do?
The working group develops workflows and criteria for various levels of curation and archiving services. The aim is to enable projects to provide research data from their surveys more quickly and independently via standardized channels of the VerbundFDB. This will be achieved through standardized submission of datasets to VerbundFDB and efficient integration of GESIS basic services. In addition to enabling time-efficient data provision, the capacities of VerbundFDB and its participating partners will be expanded.
Participating institutions
Output
VerbundFDBintern: Inclusion of data by FDZ within the framework of the VerbundFDB: Guidelines for incoming inspection. Version 3, March 2024.
Contact person
Alexia Meyermann (DIPF)a.meyermann@dipf.de
Active from 2022 to 2023.
What does the working group do?
An editorial group for a JOPD Special Issue was formed from the members. The Data Papers present various datasets from the field of educational research that are relevant to psychological research. The articles will be published continuously in 2023. The issue will feature data from well-known studies such as NEPS and PIAAC, as well as lesser-known studies from both within and outside Germany.
Output
Data Collection for Psychological Research in the Field of Education
Active in 2021.
What does the working group do?
In the working group, the participating RDCs exchanged information about their procedures and experiences in recording publications by secondary users. Publications based on data use are an important indicator of data use, its output and impact. However, tracking these publications is often difficult and time-consuming in practice. The exchange resulted in a joint publication.
Participating institutions
Contact person
Andreas Daniel (DZHW)daniel@dzhw.eu
Active from 2019 to 2020.
What does the working group do?
If the Research Data Center and researchers agree to archive the project data, they define their mutual rights and obligations in a data usage agreement, general terms and conditions, or licenses. The specific written form of the terms of use varies by Research Data Center and institution. In order to standardize these, the working group compiles corresponding formulation examples in the form of modular text modules. These can be individually compiled as required. In this way, Research Data Centers receive formulation aids for the contract’s subject matter, rights and obligations, and final provisions. The text modules support Research Data Centers in defining specifications and regulations as part of their data provision processes, in developing their own terms of use, or in adapting existing ones.
Output
Formulation Aids for Research Data Centers Regarding Terms of Use
Contact person
Lisa Pegelow (IQB)lisa.pegelow@iqb.hu-berlin.de
Internal events
Network meeting 2024
May 08, 2024 | Frankfurt am Main
Two topics were discussed in detail at the event. In the morning, the criteria for the provision of research data and selection were discussed. In the afternoon, an inventory was carried out and the need for systematic inventory development was discussed.
Network meeting 2022 - kick-off meeting
April 25, 2022 | online
At the event, the future design and orientation of the VerbundFDB was discussed. After successfully applying for special funding from DIPF, the services of the VerbundFDB are permanently provided at DIPF after termination of project funding.
Network meeting 2021
April 20, 2021 | online
The main topic of this meeting was the recording and use of impact. Various indicators of data usage and methods for tracking publications were discussed. Participants also exchanged views on preregistration, data protection and collection policy in breakout sessions.
Network meeting 2020
April 22, 2020 | online
The plans for the continuation of the network after the end of project funding and the joint activities of the network in the project period until 2021 were discussed. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the meeting was held virtually for the first time.
Network meeting 2019
April 11, 2019 | Berlin
The topic of "Terms of use - forms of access and data usage contracts" was discussed in depth. The aim was to discuss whether and how harmonization of the various processes can improve usability for researchers seeking to reuse data.
Network meeting 2018
April 27, 2018 | Berlin
The second network meeting focused on the topic of "Selection and evaluation of research data". In addition, news and developments in the network in 2017 were reported and the results of the metadata working group were presented.
Network meeting 2017
March 29, 2017 | Berlin
On 29 March 2017, VerbundFDB invited representatives from other Research Data Centers and educational research institutes to a first meeting to discuss the development of joint services for educational researchers.
The main topic of the first meeting was: "Harmonization of metadata in educational research". The aim was to increase the visibility and findability of data stored in different locations.
Project and results reports
Annual report 2024: Information on the results and achievements of VerbundFDB (only available in German)
Annual report 2023: Information on the results and achievements of VerbundFDB (only available in German)
Annual report 2021 (only available in German)
Annual report 2020 (only available in German)
Final report of the 2nd funding phase of the Education Research Data Network project (only available in German)
Final report of the 1st funding phase of the Research Data Network project Education (only available in German)
