While I have participated in group work/projects over the course of my undergraduate journey… I don’t think I have been in a course that encouraged active group work consistently and with different people!
It was a little weird for me at first as I’m used to working with the same people in a course, but I’ve come to enjoy the process. I like meeting different people in the class and see how I can contribute to the group through meaningful discussion or responsibilities in the group. At a fourth year level, you get to engage with people who intentionally choose to be in the class because they want to learn about that topic. As cheesy as it sounds, working with a group of people who take responsibility for their own learning encourages me to do the same with mine.