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- Only students and lecturers from the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf can register and participate in this blog project as active contributors. However, we do encourage diverse readers to engage with our output and let us know via the comment function what you think!
- Students who are interested in contributing a blog post but are not a part of any course that uses this blog ought to contact: australianprojectnrw@gmail.com
- Lecturers who are interested in incorporating this blog as part of their courses, either obligatory or voluntary, ought to contact: australianprojectnrw@gmail.com. Please be aware that you will be expected to monitor your own students’ output and will therefore be given at least Moderator rights and abilities.
- Students who are taking part in the Praxismodul “Blogging the Australian Fantastic” will have to register and take part in the blog project. The number of required blog posts will be broadcast in class.
- Praxismodul students will gain their BN (Beteiligungsnachweis) if they have adequately participated in the project, that is, they will have taken part in the affiliated course. They will have posted drafts of their blog posts in the private ILIAS server and both received and implemented peer feedback. They will also have given feedback to other students’ blog posts. Blog posts will not be graded, but are still expected to maintain a certain academic standard.
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