Years ago, statements such as "technical documentation is changing" could be read at conferences and in specialist articles. - Today, however, this is truer than ever: in view of technological developments, for example in the field of robotics, increasingly large amounts of data need to be managed, and the creation of technical documentation is becoming more complex as a result. Augmented reality, [...]
A digression inspired by the tekom 2021 annual conference "Dear female readers, you are included" ... What was considered a practicable solution a few years ago to explain the use of the generic masculine in the text that follows is now increasingly understood as a way around inclusive language. One thing is certain: there is no getting around the issue, even [...]
Weltweit können Millionen Menschen weder lesen noch schreiben – und auch in Deutschland ist Alphabetisierung ein Thema. Vielen ist nicht bekannt, dass (laut Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) rund 14 Prozent der erwerbsfähigen Deutschen funktionale Analphabeten sind. Das bedeutet, dass sie zwar einzelne Sätze lesen und schreiben, nicht jedoch zusammenhängende Texte verstehen können. [...]
Are you still writing or are you already typing? ... asked the FAZ in an article from 14.01.2015 about new curricula for Finnish elementary school. Minna Hermann, who drew up the guidelines at the Finnish Ministry of Education, is of the opinion that it is so difficult for many children to write individual letters on paper by hand [...]
