How We Teach: Engineering the Space Shuttle with Jeff Hoffman

Jeffrey Hoffman shares insights about the development and teaching of the 16.885x (now 16.893x) Engineering the Space Shuttle MOOC on MITx.
1. How did your fascination with leaving the surface of the Earth begin? (00:26)
2. Do you feel like your interest in having an overview perspective shapes how you operate on Earth? (02:40)
3. Can you tell us about your commitment to making systems engineering accessible to all learners? (03:30)
4. How do you see space exploration, in general, as an interdisciplinary endeavor and how does that factor into design, politics and aerospace engineering? (05:54)
5. What is CDIO and how does it relate to how you teach systems engineering? (13:54)
6. In what ways will you make use of your online teaching materials in residential iterations of this course? (17:08)
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