wow. That’s some kind of blog comment. The challenges you are talking about here are very very similar to the ones that i have in my own classes. My students are accustomed to having structure imposed upon them, and don’t always react well to having to impose their own structure. Have you seen my learning contract? Might that help as a model? https://davecormier.com/edblog/2013/05/12/assessment-and-rhizomatic-learning-course-start-tuesday/

I would love to use your comment as a topic in the rhizomatic learning ‘course’ we are running in January. If you haven’t signed up you should jump in! https://davecormier.com/edblog/2013/12/27/rhizomatic-learning-an-open-course-rhizo14/