I attended the first session and it was pretty good. However, the downside for me is that since it is over the internet, at times I get disconnected and missed quite a big part of stuff, I dont get to have it replayed to me again. But as Zachary has said, some sessions will be recoded and all so I guess that should be fine for some of the sessions.
All in all, I would say that this idea is a pretty good idea and I learn quite a lot from the first session!