Anyone who's interested, Jon Valvano (professor at University of Texas/Austin for comp-e) is moving one class to a MOOC format:
https://www.edx.org/course/utaustin/ut-6-01x/embedded-systems-shape-world/1172If you're interested in learning something new you might consider checking it out. I'm not affiliated (and there's no cost for the class anyway unless you buy the lab components which he gives you the BOM for) but though folks might be interested.