When I was a freshman in college, I frequently found myself in classes as large a 200+ people. My saving grace in really understanding the material and an avenue for my unrelenting questions was the lab session. The lab session was a supplemental session of 15 people or so, often led by a teaching assistant where we could have a more personal and intimate interaction with the content. Today, when we’re developing a learning program that will be ongoing and consists of more than 10-12 people, I find having a supplemental session to critical making sure learner a can apply the content. Rather than deliver a lab session, I find that discussion session are supremely effective. I leverage discussion groups based on the work Stephen Brookfield has done. Brookfield wrote “Discussion as a way of Teaching,” and he places an emphasis on making space for people to share ideas and experiences as well facilitating an equality of voices during the discussion. I like discussions as a follow up to a large session as a way explore how learner a are applying the content and negotiate challenges. I have found that people who never speak in a room of even 15, are much more involved in a room of 5. Adding a discussion or lab session can have a dramatic affect on what people learn and the likelihood that they will apply the content.