Elif Jäger How and when did you join tecteam? In a nutshell: Internship, traineeship, permanent position. During my studies (M.A. German Linguistics, English Studies, Social Psychology), I worked as a student assistant at the educational institute from 2002 onwards, doing a lot of research and supporting the development of the telecourses, among other things. The insights I gained into the profession [...]
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. [...]
Issue date: November 2017 VDI 4500-6: Technical documentation - Documentation process - Publishing VDI Guideline 4500-6 has been available as a draft since this month. The guideline looks at the entire publication process within technical documentation. To this end, the guideline deals with the management of content, the production, management and distribution of the publication through to archiving [...].
Date of issue: October 2017 DIN ISO 3864-2: Graphical symbols - Safety colors and safety signs - Part 2: Design principles for safety signs for application to products A revised version of DIN ISO 3864-2 is now available as a standard. DIN ISO 3864-2 has been adopted unchanged from ISO 3864-2. Furthermore, the changes made in May [...]
Working with CAD data has changed significantly over the last 20 years. Time and again, I hear companies say "Everything used to be better!" when it comes to CAD data. But is that really the case? Was everything really better in the past? I know it like this: to this day, development and [...]
Here we once again present a few curious finds from the field of standardization. Once again, there is a standard that stands out because of its title: DIN 38414-21:1996-02: "German standard method for the analysis of water, waste water and sludge - Sludge and sediments (Group S) - Part 21 : Determination of 6 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) [...]
Die tekom-Tagung steht - wie jedes Jahr - vor der Tür und ist "das Branchen-Ereignis" für alle die etwas mit der Technischen Kommunikation zu tun haben oder in Zukunft haben wollen. Manchmal stelle ich mir die Frage, handelt es sich bei der Tagung um eine Veranstaltung, die einfach nur immer wieder da ist oder [...]
Intelligent information management and new training concepts Dortmund, October 04, 2017. tecteam GmbH will once again be presenting its range of services, from services to training, at this year's tekom annual conference. At the tecteam stand 2/E02, visitors can find out about the impact of Industry 4.0 on technical communication. The economy is on the threshold of the fourth industrial [...]
Our Master's degree course in Technical Communication and Media Management has a new look with the 31st course (starting on 16.10.2017). Together with Danube University Krems, tecteam has redesigned the Master's program. Studying while working Do you want to study while working - but have doubted whether you can do it? In the field of adult education, professional [...]
Michael Becker is the owner of the Dortmund advertising agency *signgroup and has been working as a lecturer for the tecteam Bildungsinstitut since October 1995. We are always happy to draw on his extensive experience and skills in the media sector. In this blog post, we would like to give you an insight into Mr. Becker's work and ask him about his view of the current [...]
