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I am going to start my interaction in the world of the MOOC by being formal and introducing myself. My name is Bryan Kearney and I have been studying the H817 course on Openness & Innovation in elearning. I'll take this opportunity to say hello to everyone else involved in the MOOC as well as the people on H817 that I haven't yet interacted with as well as those I have. I work in general multimedia at the moment and have a background in video production. I have created some elearning courses in the past and am looking to broaden my knowledge in the area. I must admit that I am quite curious about how the MOOC is going to work. That is one of the great things about this course; a lot of the areas that we are learning about we are actively engaging with while we learn. From what I can see by the posts by my peers in my tutor forum, there are a few things to get the hang of in terms of navigation and so on but I'm sure these things will iron themselves out as we proceed.

I have created a diagram below where I try to get into the world of the open scholar:

I have tried to give an overview of the main elements involved in what it means to be an open scholar. The outer circumference conveys the mindset that is necessary to be an open scholar. Openness and creativity are intrinsically connected through the elements in between such as transparency and connectivism. Inside the circle are some of the activities which an open learner needs to be engaged in such as open courses and open data. I have also included the 'Taxonomy of the Many' which displays the connections through which open learning exists. I have placed 'Digital Media' inside a lovely red heart to convey how important web 2.0 and ever advancing web technologies are to this process.

I hope this diagram makes sense and look forward to tackling this MOOC with the rest of you. Now to see if I can make this #h817 work!