P1- Parkinson: More Carrots. Less Sticks by Laurine Hurley

Marking time and turnaround

2026-09-08 05:14:33 UTC

Great presentation :) I'm curious to know what kind of impact this task design shift has had on teaching staff in terms of how they assess and provide feedback - eg. more/less time required for marking? More/less demanding, or new/different demands?

Wider institutional support

2026-09-09 09:01:04 UTC

Thank you for the presentation. Has your approach to assessment design been taken up more broadly across the university?

2026-09-09 23:55:36 UTC

I loved the idea of the alternate route, and it was interesting to learn that 70% of students discussed using AI before starting their group work. Also, the idea about the journey in assessments.

2026-09-09 23:56:20 UTC

How can this approach be rolled out to other disciplines, for example, Business

Enhanced student self-recognition of academic integrity before producing the assessment

susanmeyer3 — 2026-09-10 02:56:18 UTC

I like how this direction of pursuing an alternate route led to students discussing and thinking about academic integrity together during the beginning stages of the assessment. Fostering explicit student engagement with assessment requirements around academic integrity is a win in my book.

Relevance to Academic Skills Adviser role

susanmeyer3 — 2026-09-10 03:03:28 UTC

Sometimes we are approached by academics who request targeted support for an individual assessment due to their concern with students' ability to successfully complete it. In such situations, this could be good advice to give them, in terms of scaffolding milestones to facilitate student success.

Page numbers and milestone

rumcphee — 2026-09-10 12:01:02 UTC

Really like this. The page number requirement especially. What happens if a student doesn't put them in, is that a rubric criterion?

And on the milestone: did you ever think about making it a threshold, so skipping it meant not passing? I'm curious whether the small marks were enough on their own, or whether you'd push it further next time.

Thank you. I like this approach but I often think about the marking load for sessional staff working with me. Do you have any suggestions when there is 1:30min per student for marking?

2026-09-10 21:21:27 UTC

Really clear

2026-09-10 21:59:36 UTC

Congratulations on this clear intervention which provides a pragmatic approach to encouraging greater reflection and academic integrity!

Great work Nicole and Ann - I wish there was more assessment like this

2026-09-10 22:48:43 UTC

Welcome shift from traditional learning pedagogical style

2026-09-11 01:45:00 UTC

The results obtained from this study have lessons for educators there is a need to shift focus from the final product to the process of learning and enabling self-ownership and being provided an opportunity to learn from feedback

Builds confidence and skills - while also keeping integrity

2026-09-11 01:56:33 UTC

This is a great approach as many students just don't have an idea how to get started and if they miss classes and explanations they often resort to shortcuts and skip learning. This is a great way to ensure learning is happening and also to build the student's confidence.