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Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Re: Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Post by mdoms »

khuey wrote: post #3

Since it's not mentioned until pretty far down the page I'll say that you likely know Rober as "the guy who glitter bombs package thieves on Youtube".

That first one the catapulted him into Youtube stardom turned out to be fake, right?

Re: Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Post by abhisuri97 »

From the FAQ:

> Throughout the class, you’ll share your ongoing work and give and receive peer feedback. Mark will also be able to check out students’ work, and may occasionally answer questions and give feedback.

> We can’t guarantee that Mark will comment on your work directly, but we’ve designed the class so that you’ll get thorough feedback from your peers. You’ll get personalized feedback by submitting your projects on time, documenting your process, and playing an active role in your group.

> Mark will also have access to the peer groups to answer questions, give feedback, and post responses during class. You will have complete access to all the feedback and answers Mark gives within your peer group and even within the other peer groups in the class. There’s a lot to learn from this ever-growing library of real student feedback.

This kind of sounds like a potential recipe for disaster. $250 for some pre-recorded videos and peer (i.e. a group of other learners randomly assigned to you) assessment? I could also see people being easily upset by a relative lack of direct involvement from Rober (esp given how much this course page hypes up his involvement outside of the FAQ).

Re: Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Post by enobrev »

uponcoffee wrote: post #8
bigbubba wrote: post #2

This guy sure gets a lot of milage out of his past employer. It's rare to hear him mentioned without NASA being mentioned in the same breath.

It definitely lends credibility; versus the introduction from the other comment - that this is the guy that glitter bombs package thieves on youtube - which makes me take this less seriously.

I'd recommend watching those videos before knocking him for the glitter bombs. They are impressively engineered, with entertaining videos which contain a good deal of detail about how, why, and in the most recent version, how they are working with law enforcement to crack down on package thieves.

Re: Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Post by projectileboy »

abhisuri97 wrote: post #13

From the FAQ: > Throughout the class, you’ll share your ongoing work and give and receive peer feedback. Mark will also be able to check out students’ work, and may occasionally answer questions and give feedback. > We can’t guarantee that Mark will comment on your work directly, but we’ve designed the class so that you’ll get thorough feedback from your peers. You’ll get personalized feedback by submitting your proj…

$250 does not seem at all unreasonable even if the product consists only of high quality videos. I’ve spent $100 on good sets of videos before and was happy to do so.

Re: Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Post by ballenf »

bigbubba wrote: post #2

This guy sure gets a lot of milage out of his past employer. It's rare to hear him mentioned without NASA being mentioned in the same breath.

I think he just tries hard to market his content to a very broad market unlike many science/engineering Youtubers.

I would enjoy content from him that doesn't have that feeling of being watered down, however.

Re: Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Post by projectileboy »

enobrev wrote: post #15
uponcoffee wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It definitely lends credibility; versus the introduction from the other comment - that this is the guy that glitter bombs package thieves on youtube - which makes me take this less seriously.

I'd recommend watching those videos before knocking him for the glitter bombs. They are impressively engineered, with entertaining videos which contain a good deal of detail about how, why, and in the most recent version, how they are working with law enforcement to crack down on package thieves.

Just adding a +1 to this comment. Those glitter bombs were non-trivial, so say the least.

Re: Mark Rober (former NASA) launches a 30 day Creative Engineering Class

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Post by stevenpetryk »

mdoms wrote: post #12
khuey wrote: post #3

Since it's not mentioned until pretty far down the page I'll say that you likely know Rober as "the guy who glitter bombs package thieves on Youtube".

That first one the catapulted him into Youtube stardom turned out to be fake, right?

The porch pirates were fake, but it wasn't Rober's fault. Several people he chose as test subjects (aka, people with doorsteps) ended up paying friends/neighbors to steal the package. Once Internet sleuths found this out and informed Rober, he removed the fake reactions from the video.
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