Hi Maha, I found this an interesting post as one of the reasons I’m exploring MOOCs is fascination with the learning design – particularly cMOOCs. Each is slightly different and what interests me particularly is the (often fine) balance between providing content and structure vs freedom for learners to explore, discuss, discover & create their own content and structure. And like you, my interest in these aspects of learning design stems from a desire to see what might be able to be adapted or adopted in my own work context (which is corporate learning – so probably requires a bit more selective adaptation as there are more – or perhaps different, constraints compared to higher ed).

I’m also intrigued by the use of multiple platforms in rhizo14 – I think it’s a really interesting idea, and am finding it certainly fits with the concept rhizo learning – creating abundance, complexity and also a multiplicity of entry points for participants to engage and carve out various paths and dip in and out of different groups. It’ll be interesting to see how it all pans out and reflect on the experience during and after.