IVD Project by Liou H.C.(1994)

In this article, I find that IVD project is very comprehensive and interactive. It provides all sources of help to students and provides an authentic and adaptive learning environment by incorporating video into a personal computer. It is user-friendly. Students can learn without the instructions of teachers because whenever they need help, they can just click on the icons. However, it demands a lot of preparation work if it is done by teachers. It requires some sophisticated usage of computer software to create all the prototype hypertexts, database,icons and so on. In addition, the scripts of the movie should be transcribed as subtitles both in English and Chinese which consumes a lot of time. I don’t deny the effectiveness of IVD language teaching but I doubt how much time we can afford for preparing it. In fact, it’d better to purchase the ready made one instead of developing one on our own. Otherwise, it will be a nightmare for all teachers. However, it may be a good idea for the IVD developers to follow to develop such kind of products to help students and teachers in their learning and teaching.