I absolutely agreed! Quantitative results tell part of the story, and we would need to hear students' voices directly through a qualitative research paradigm.

Sharing work publicly can feel vulnerable, but maybe that vulnerability fosters deeper connection?

This absolutely powerful! Open pedagogy can not only support students' sharing of knowledge but also sharing of perspectives.

This aligns with what I have seen in open pedagogy, that is, giving students real agency over their work seems to transform motivation. I wonder if there is a debilitating aspect to choice as well. In other words, does "too much" choice impact learning by overwhelming students? In Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory, we learn that there must be a balance of "Autonomy and Structure" in order for students to be in a state of flow, where they are engaged. I wonder how the researchers balanced the students' autonomy vs. structure in both research conditions, and if that played any role in the way the felt about their respective conditions.

It is interesting how all three Self-Determination Theory components, that is, autonomy, competence, and relatedness showed improvement.