Presented in The 5th Partners Meeting of the "Academic of ICT Essential fo Goverment Leaders" held by APCICT-ESCAP www.unapcict.org/‎ http://www.ut.ac.id

1. Tian Belawati & Dimas Agung Prasetyo
The 5th Partners Meeting, APCICT-ESCAP 27-29 Nov 2013

2. 3,500 miles (1,919,440 sq km) – 17,000 islands

3.  The Sleeping Giant
 240 Millions population living in more than 17 thousands island
 60% of populations are productive (young people)
 Predicted as World Economic Power
 Rich in natural resources
 Abundant man power
 Stable economic growth rate

4.  Struggling just like another developing countries:
 Preparing young group of people to become productive people
 Providing access to education services
 Success in compulsory education program
 95% of children population joining basic education program
 Shift focus from 6 to 9 year basic education (including elementary and
junior school)
 165 thousand elementary, 43 thousand junior and 25 thousand senior
schools
 Need to provide more access to higher level of education
 Indonesia only have 3070 higher institution (University and college level)
 Need to widen access to higher education service
 Distance Education might be a good alternative solutions

5.  Has long history
 Started in 1950 education radio program
 Diploma program for teacher upgrade using correspondence
letter in 1955
 Halted due political condition
 Continued in 1970 by „New Order‟ government
 Radio program for primary teacher (1970)
 1975 Palapa Satelite launced, enabled tv broadcast for education
 Shifted focus to upgrade junior level teacher, junior lecturer started in
1980
 1984 , UT was established

6.  Emphasized in employees upgrade program
 Teacher
 Lecturer
 Civil cervants
 Widening access to education

7.  Distance Education has been proven effective to widen access to
education
 Many developing use implement this system to address their
problem in providing access to education
But:
 DE requires special characteristics
 Independence
 Flexible
 Sometime resulting higher drop out rate especially for younger
learner

9.  Somewhat difficult in the past, but thanks to:
 The coming of Web 2.0
 Affordable access to technology
 Shifting focus to user‟s creation and creativity
 Using Social media and technology to help learner (younger
learner)
 The key : “Reaching students using their ways”
 Create social community
 Provide supportive and constructive environment
 Teacher repositioning; to be a facilitator
 Supported by affordable internet price and mobile phone
penetration

14. Operator
Package
Price (IDR)
IDR1=USD11,000
Quota
Max Speed
Esia
Super Deal
30,000
1 GB
153,6 Kbps
Axis
Axis
Axis Pro
Axis Pro
24,900
49,000
750 MB
1,5 GB
7,2 Mbps
7,2 Mbps
Esia
Super Mega
50,000
2 GB
3,1 Mbps
Indosat
Super 3G+
50,000
1,2 GB
7,2 Mbps
Indosat
Super 3G+
25,000
500 MB
3,6 Mbps
Kartu As
Ultima
50,000
300 MB
3,6 Mbps
Kartu Halo
Ultima
50,000
1 GB
14,4 Mbps
Simpati
Simpati
Ultima
Ultima
25,000
50,000
150 Mb
600 Mb
7,2 Mbps
7,2 Mbps
SmartFren
Connex
50,000
2 GB
14,7 Mbps
SmartFren
Connex
20,000
600 MB
3,1 Mbps
SmartFren
Connex
49,000
2 GB
512 Mbps
Three
Internet
50,000
1 GB
7,2 Mbps
XL
Hotrot 3G+
49,000
500 MB
7,2 Mbps
XL
Hotrot 3G+
25,000
200 MB
7,2 Mbps

15. Established in 1984, single mode university, the
only tertiary institution using exclusively
distance education mode of delivery.
A mega university
 500 thousand students
 6th place mega university
Main missions:
To up-grade primary and secondary school teacher
qualification up to full-teacher training degree
 To widen access to higher education


16.  Growing number of young students (high-school graduated)
recently
 65% of total student population are below 35 years old
 Young students consider DE to continue their study
 Face similar problem with another DE institutions -> Higher Drop
Out Rate
 DE advantages might be disadvantage for certain of students
 Openness and Flexibility requires Self-regulate and self motivated
 Need way to help and touch students

17.  The Key is personalization service in mass education program
 How to maintain student motivation and spirit especially when having
problems
 Using various tools:
 Doesn‟t have to be sophisticated
 Must be affordable from institution and students pov
 Ready masses service
 Simple and easy to use

18.  Old technology but proven effective
 Simple,cheap, reaching a lot of students
 Regulary send personalized message, academic reminder, etc
 Student‟s can send their respond back to us directly
 From student‟s feedback:
 felt happy and appreciated
 felt guided during their study
 felt being treated as human being (not just a number of students)

19.  UT created official pages in Facebook and twitter where students
can follow and can be updated with the latest info from the
university
 Promoting the creation of online community through social media
 Student can interact, share information within online community
 Also provide social interaction between students
 Created online forum for student interaction
 Student doesn‟t have to come to regional office to seek an
information-> Now the information come to them
 UT can harvest valuable information, input, complaint using
agregator

21.  1 official UT page
 More than 1000 community group based on
 Prgram study
 Interest
 Hobby
 All linked together

22. 100,000 members online

23.  Recently UT launched OFFICE 365 services
 Integrated communication
 Email, Chat, Video conference, Desktop share, Document processor
 Enhance communication , collaboration and productivity
 Mobile ready
 Conduct webinar session regularly
 Disseminate info
 Training some new skills
 Problem sharing

30.  Final result is not yet shown but promising:
 For example: Campaign to reintroduce Digital Textbooks Library
to students using social media
 Statistic result is impressive:
 Students who accessed textbook was 1084% increased within
the same period (50000 user compare to 4255 users in the last
year)

31.  Increased number in returning students in online tutorial
 Indicated that more student‟s retained in the online classes
 Student‟s willingness to finish the course are increased

32.  DE migh be a good ansver to widen acces to higher education
 Younger generations consider DE as viable alternative to
continue their study
 Young students‟ characteristic may hold them finishing de classes
 Using social media technology may help young students to
develop adults characteristic needed for distance education,
provide social interactions and
 Also maintain and enhance motivation to continue their study
 The technique used can also be used for older students