Flipping Professional Learning

A clear advantage of flipped learning is that the student, whether in a classroom or in a Professional Learning setting, can process the information at their own pace, even pausing or rewatching portions of the lesson for deeper understanding.  When the participants are then grouped to discuss the content and collaborate to create a product that demonstrates learning, they benefit from what others took away from the video.  Although I have never used a walk and talk in my own PL sessions, I’m certainly going to start!  The physical movement creates connections in the brain that help the learner remember.  
 This type of PL needs to be modeled so that teachers can see firsthand the benefits of flipping their lessons through experiencing it themselves.  As they are the beneficiaries of these practices during PL, so then they will be motivated to go employ them in their own classrooms.   In my environment, I have the freedom to conduct my PL however I choose, but my sessions are usually only about an hour.  I think I would have to do some trimming of the content in order to successfully flip it.