With the encouragement of IT in education policy promoted by the Hong Kong Government, students at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) are requested to submit multimedia assignments in VCD, CD-ROM or web-based formats. Irrespective of the submission, the production of video clips is one of the key elements. Self-directed learning activities for video editing provide a means for student teachers to learn knowledge and skills to complete video clip production. This paper is a case study reflective paper about the development of web-based self-directed learning activities for video editing within the HKIEd.

With the rapid development of information technology (IT), various schools of thought and approaches have been developed to apply technology in education. This paper starts with a discussion on the assumption of the development of a computer-based project: Knowledge Base in Video Post Production, and then the project is revised and initiated into another working project about constructing knowledge of digital video production through a networked learning environment. After years of development in these projects, the authors reflect that integrating technology in education fundamentally shifts the traditional teaching model to a learning model where a fixed time and space teaching model has been changed to a technology enhanced student-centered learning environment.