Chris - I just found this thread and read your blog about what you're trying to do. I hope you are successful, but I share some of the sentiments of others on this thread. I didn't know much about electronics until about 4 months ago when I found Dave's youtube site, then Mike's, then Martin's. All have contributed to my knowledge and I've learned a ton more from other sites. None have been structured, which has been the missing link for me. I feel that there are certain basic electronic building block circuits that none of these people cover and that if I understood them I'd be a lot better off.
That said, I'm not sure at this stage I'd invest in 8 weeks of training. Largely because I don't have the time and predictable schedule to keep up. However, one thing crossed my mind that I thought I'd share. I'm a keen amateur photographer, and I readily pay $200 a year to subscribe to Kelby Training (now Kelby One). That seems to be a model that works - and the content there is amazing. Whilst it may be out of your immediate reach to be able to pull something like that off, you may want to take a look at it. I would think that there is a market for getting luminaries in their field to produce compelling training videos and charge for them. I certainly wouldn't have minded paying for Mike's series on hacking iPod displays, for example. And having these as a subscription where you can access any topic whenever you want, provided you pay the subscription, is a pretty easy sell. I don't know what the business model mechanics are behind the scenes, and obviously Kelby Media has a far bigger audience, but it may be worth a thought.
Anthony