What makes the course stimulating

49 of 66 students entered text; this excludes entries such as no comment or N/A.

Hands-on work is the main source of engagement: Application exercises, labs, live coding, homework, and the project were the most consistent positive themes.
Context matters: Students valued real-world data, varied examples, collaboration, and the freedom to work with personally interesting project data.
Ways to increase engagement: Suggestions included more active coding and interaction during lecture, clearer bridges from concepts to complete examples, and more in-class questions that resemble assessment tasks.
Sources of friction: A smaller group described lectures as hard to follow or less efficient than independent review, and some found readings and videos repetitive.

These are aggregate, paraphrased themes; no individual response is quoted.