Pengembangan dan Pengalaman Pendidikan Terbuka dan Jarak Jauh di Indonesia = Open and Distance Education: Developments and Experiences from Indonesia
| Main Authors: | Belawati, Tian, Padmo, Dewi, Zuhair, Amin |
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| Format: | Article PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2005
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.ut.ac.id/8852/1/20B0006.pdf http://repository.ut.ac.id/8852/ http://www.chinadisedu.com |
Daftar Isi:
- Universitas Terbuka (UT) is a stateuniversity and the only institute in Indonesia that is entirely using the distance education mode of teaching. It is designed to serve Indonesian people who do not have access to face-to-face learning.UT is expected to increase access to higher education and to prompte equity of quality higher education to all citizens of Indonesia. The strategies to widen access include operating on a nation-wide basis, developing collaborationg and networking with external institutions, and offering various study programs. With these strategies, UT has been able to serve studengs at almost every corner of the country. With regard to quality. UT employs integrative learning packages that combine printed materials and audio/video/CAI programs, supplemented by encrinchment materials in the form of audio and television programs. Furthermore, UT provides a supermarket model of learning support service that includes correspondence tutorials, radio tutorials, online tutorialsand tutorials through fax-internet. As part of an effort to meet international standards and benchmarking requirements. UT has adopted the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Quality Assurance (QA) Framework to improve the quality of its educational service. The UT’s QA system encompasses nine components, i.e.policy and planning, human resource provision and development, management and administration, learners, program design and development, course design and development, learner support, learner assessment, and media for learning. UT has furthure developed QA manuals, and applied systems and procedures to ensure the quality of its DE products and services. In the future, it will be important to seek quality certification an accreditation from aninternational body such as the Internation Courncil for Distance Education (ICDE) in order to ensure that the distance education provision of UT meets international quality standards, and that distance learners get the needed quality service from the institution.