tips on SDLT - self directed learning teams !

This is from Thiagi newsletter Feb.2011. I'm grateful to Mr.Siva Sailam Thiagarajan for such wonderful insights into training ! This is about SDLT. Self Directed Learning Teams, while impating online training.
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Online SDLT

For nearly a year now, we have been fortunate to conduct a monthly online training session sponsored by the Training Magazine Network (and ably coordinated by Gary VanAntwerp). In the process, we learned (and relearned) several useful things:

• There's wisdom in groups. The group as a whole knows more than you do.
• Webinars can and should incorporate activities.
• There is a big difference between online training sessions (webinars) for groups of less than 20 and groups of more than 50.
• Most participants have varying amounts of expertise and experience on most training topics.
• Most participants are also capable of taking a basic idea and working out details of transfer and application. By explaining too much, trainers deny opportunities for participants to share what they know and how they plan to use it.

Based on these principles, we have created an online structured sharing activity incorporating the concept of Self-Directed Learning Teams (SDLT). Here's the flow of this activity.