Group projects
Group work shouldn’t be mandatory in online courses
June 24, 2025By: Yulissa Huamani, Peak Associate Online courses are a valuable tool for students to relax their schedule and seek flexibility. This is especially true when students want to take a break from traditional in-person classes or reduce their course load — to stay on track and not fall behind while travelling or recharging. COVID-19 forced educational institutions to reimagine how education could be delivered — at times, this meant replacing in-person interactions with online platforms. Students have become familiar with how online classes work, how they are structured, and how to organize their time accordingly. While online courses are designed…
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Peakie strikes again with advice!
October 2, 2024By: Sarah Sorochuk, SFU Student and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie, I am an avid transit user. Name any bus, I’ve been on it. My favourite part of being on the bus is standing in front of the red…
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Monday Music: The five stages of getting ghosted by group project members
May 17, 2021By: Jennifer Chou, SFU Student Content warning: if you choose to search up the songs and read the lyrics, some of them reference death and violence. Have you ever wanted to scream in anger and frustration because of a group…
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Group projects require everyone in one place — like in the classroom!
May 19, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Oh, the humble group project. We know how this will go: four students enter, two disappear on the second day, one doesn’t seem to be in the right class, and the final student shares the grade…
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On the art of group projects
October 14, 2014Now, I trust you’ve all looked over the syllabus and the academic honesty outline I posted prior to this class. Any questions? No? Good, then let’s talk about the group project assignment due in November. I know most of you…
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