The development of self-applicable and easily understandable test criteria is an important milestone in raising awareness for accessible software. One of the aims of the iDESkmu project (including document management systems and enterprise content management systems in medium-sized companies) is to design and develop a test tool for barrier-free software and easy access to test criteria and catalogs.
In order to determine what requirements such a test tool must have in practice, we are looking for representatives (co-researchers) from different groups of actors to jointly define requirements, functionality and “design” of the test tool in a design workshop. We are looking for companies, employees and developers not only from the DMS / ECMS area as well as specialists for accessibility. (more…)
The iDESkmu consortium also consists of the BSV Hamburg e.V., HAVI Solutions GmbH & Co. KG and other experts in the field of accessibility.
One of the aims of this project is to sensitize companies to the advantages of developing and using accessible software and to show how companies, developers and employees with and without (visual) disabilities can benefit from accessible software.
For this project, the University of Siegen is looking for co-researchers in the region and throughout Germany who will support the project with the opportunity to do research with them, examine working practices and conduct interviews through to completion, as well as continuous exchange and independent research.
The consortium is supported by a company from the region that raises awareness and tests software for accessibility: bitfarm Archiv GmbH
Together with Heino Schneider, managing director of bitfarm, the project team has already carried out field research at and with the company, the analysis of which has provided valuable insights for the project and its further course. Thanks for that!
It is gratifying to see that there are already companies in the region who have thought about the issue of accessibility or will do so now.
If you would like to know more or support us with the project, please do not hesitate to contact us
Prof. Dr. Claudia Müller will take part in the virtual expert exchange on the topic “Socially just transition towards sustainable development: The role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all” from August 4 to 8, 2020, at the invitation of Daniela Bas, Director of the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. She represents the topics “Ageing & Digitisation” as deputy chairperson of the 8th Ageing Report Commission of the Federal Government as well as “Participation-oriented and sustainable technology design”.
Richard Paluch, research associate in the research area of Business Informatics, in particular IT for the Aging Society, was selected by the German Society of Audiology (DGA) for the Publication Prize 2019. He will be awarded the prize during the online conference on September 3, 2020.
As part of the BMBF-funded third-party project "SINN-i", David Struzek travelled with project partners of the Technical University of Munich, the Innovationsmanufaktur (Munich) and of the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) to South Africa at the beginning of January 2020. Through the visit to Stellenbosch and Durban the team was able to establish important contacts and gain helpful impressions for the project "Active City Innovation" on site, which will enrich further research in the experimental scenario "Public Dance".
Further information about the trip can be found in the current SINN-i newsletter: PDF
Carinus Lemmer (Stellenbosch Fietsry NPC), Franziska Krüger (Innovation Manufacture), Hugo Gabele (University of Applied Sciences Esslingen), Fozzy Moritz (Innovation Manufacture), Nicolette Booyens (SEED), Armin Falkenhein (ADFC Bayern), Jan Ellinger (TUM), David Struzek(University Siegen))
The different topics revolve around the topic of “accessibility” in the context of IT workplaces and include field studies and technical (further) developments of supporting tools.
Our Collaborative Research Center Cooperative Production of User Autonomy in the Context of the Ageing Society is writing a master thesis with the title:
Collaborative and participatory design of media of cooperation for caring communities – Participatory website design for caring community project in Switzerland
The existing cooperation of the Junior Professorship IT for the Ageing Society at the University of Siegen with the research group Ageing at home of the Careum Hochschule Gesundheit (Zurich, Switzerland) offers the opportunity to write a final thesis on the participatory design of a project website within the framework of subproject A05 – Cooperative Production of User Autonomy in the Context of the Ageing Society of the SFB Media of the cooperation.
The final thesis will be carried out in cooperation with the Swiss project CareComLabs, which has already established 3 Living Labs in Switzerland. The participatory approach is central here. Together with actors of the emerging caring communities, their internet presence will be designed. In addition to the design of the website, the conception, implementation and reflection of the participatory design process are also part of the final thesis.
Some live, at least temporarily, without the Internet out of conviction, others have no other choice in the dead zone: more than eleven million people in Germany are digitally on the sidelines. Especially women of retirement age with low education are permanently offline. In this radio interview on the Lifespan program of Deutschlandfunk, Claudia Müller, together with BAGSO Vice Chairwoman Dr. Regine Görner and moderator Andreas Stopp, talks to listeners on the phone about their experiences and motivations regarding the Internet and digitization.
Not everyone feels left behind, many of them deliberately use other ways to obtain information or maintain contacts. But at the latest when bank transfers, tax returns or travel can only be handled online, the question of equal participation in society arises. To what extent are senior citizens particularly affected? Are there enough purely analogue offers or are these discontinued models? Will citizens sooner or later be forced to buy appropriate equipment and acquire Internet skills? Will PCs and smartphones open up new horizons and contact possibilities for them, making their everyday lives easier? Or will it complicate their analog form of existence?
Click here for the whole radio interview Lebenszeit (Deutschlandfunk – Only in german): Living without Internet.
The scientific staff of the research department of Business Informatics, especially IT for the Aging Society, of the University of Siegen around Jun. Prof. Claudia Müller met at the beginning of March for a communication workshop in order to present the core competencies of their work more effectively to the outside world.
The workshop was led by JoppCommunications. Together with him, the Research Group on IT for the Ageing Society (ITalG) worked out the essential unique selling points of special age research.
The Council of Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences has awarded Claudia Müller the title “Professor of Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences”. Prof. Dr. Müller joined the Ageing at Home research team at Careum University of Applied Sciences in Zurich in October 2018.
New research project in cooperation with the research institute of the Zurich Careum Hochschule Gesundheit: “CareComLabs: Innovative Home Care Models for People with Comprehensive Care Needs: Caring Community Living Labs”. The CareComLabs project researches and implements innovative and community-based care models for long-term care at home. The project is funded with EUR 375,000 over three years and will start on February 1, 2019.
JProf. C. Müller has been invited to join the jury of the SENovation Award. The SENovation Award is presented by Signal Iduna and the Seniorenliga Deutschland and is aimed especially at start-ups or potential founders of start-ups. The focus here is on young companies or concepts that offer age-independent solutions for products that are consciously combined with an appeal to older people or specifically address the group of older people.
The Gerontology Network Siegen (GeNeSi), in cooperation with the Research College Siegen (FoKoS), gave a public lecture on 03.12.2018 by Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h.c. Dipl.-Psych. Andreas Kruse on the topic “Developmental Perspectives in Old Age: Individual, Society and Culture”. Mr. Kruse is Director of the Institute for Gerontology at the University of Heidelberg and for several years Chairman of the Expert Commission for the Federal Government’s Report on Ageing. In his lecture Prof. Kruse pointed out the importance of old age in its potentials as well as in its increased vulnerability. The great responsibility of society and culture for the shaping of old age, such as the age-friendly design of the social environment, also became clear. Prof. Kruse particularly emphasized the reciprocity of concerns that people in old age are not only cared for and nurtured, but also have a strong need to provide for themselves.
Members of GeNeSi as well as employees of the Institute for Gerontology at the TU Dortmund University had already exchanged views on these issues in a non-public working session prior to Mr. Kruse’s lecture.
The BMBF-funded research project “Cognitive Village – Networked Village”, in cooperation with the ForschungsKollegSiegen (FoKoS), organized an interdisciplinary final symposium under the motto “Mixed emotions – Healthy and autonomous through life with new technology”. Over two days, the project partners looked back on three successful years with international guest speakers. They discussed how intelligent technical assistance systems will gain in importance in the future and how users can help to design them.
On 28.09.2018 the care trade fair Rehacare took place in Düsseldorf. This congress offers an interdisciplinary information and exchange platform for municipalities, the housing industry and social service providers. Innovations in the field of rehabilitation and care were presented. 967 exhibitors from 42 countries provided information about aids that enable people with disabilities, people in need of care or older people to lead a largely self-determined life.
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