Courses for Training Information Processing in Hungarian Higher Education – with a Special Focus on Teaching Shorthand, Typewriting and Word Processing

This study presents those courses and institutions in Hungary which deal with information processing. As an experienced teacher and associate professor I have been studying the history of information processing for more than a decade. The aim of the recent paper is to show students’ possibilities in our education system and also to present those innovations that are essential for training court reporters, secretaries and administrators. My researches show that touch-typing and word processing may find is relevance in the system while shorthand has totally been outed from academic education. The study also gives examples of successful e-learning methods and software innovations.