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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am currently putting together a case study on the METAL project at Nottingham as part of an application to HEA for Senior Fellow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It would be helpful if I could give some additional concrete examples of the “spread of good practice” resulting from the METAL project.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do you know of examples where you or others have introduced new methods into your teaching as a result of the METAL project? (Or possibly some other workshops I ran, or anything else where I can claim some direct/indirect influence! )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It would also be good if I had some idea of what it was that persuaded people that it would be a good idea to try something new.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe that motivation may include a combination of things through from a wish to assist the students’ with engagement/interest and development of knowledge/understanding/skills and/or helping them to get better marks, and improvement in student satisfaction, through to staff obtaining better scores in student evaluations! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(If you have seen any improvements, anecdotal or numerical, that can be credited to METAL or similar, that would be interesting.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have left it a bit late (University-set deadline to get applications in is the end of next week, Friday April 24<sup>th</sup>.) So quick and easy comments rather than deep evaluations would be appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Joel<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>