This week I am one of 3,000+ enrollees in Alberto Cairo’s MOOC: Introduction to infographics and data.

A MOOC, a massive open on-line course, is new variation on online learning—a global opening up of learning and increasing the reach of professors, institutions and learning. Classes may have thousands of participants who interact and learn together.

I am very interested in Alberto Cairo’s class. I have been following him via social media through 2012 and appreciate his journalistic approach to information design. I admire his work and I share his belief that information design should be  tool that helps the reader both learn something and inspire more insights through their own consideration. I look forward to learning his process and approach to infographics.