Tian Belawati for Universitas Terbuka: Opening Lifelong Learning Opportunities in Indonesia The International Conference on Lifelong Learning Kuala Lumpur, November 2011.

Indonesia Population: 245,613,043 (2009) HE participation rate: 18.36% (2009) – 26% (2011) Number of HE institutions: 3,016 (2010) Access to HE and Lifelong Learning is limited and unevenly distributed

Indonesia

Universitas Terbuka Established in 1984, single mode university, the only tertiary institution using exclusively distance education mode of delivery. Mandate: to increase and equalize access of all Indonesians to HE and LLL Main missions: to provide access to a quality higher education service through ODL; to conduct research and develop ODL system; to utilize and disseminate scientific and institutional research results to respond to national development needs.

Challenges : Scope of Operation and Infrastructure Indonesia is a BIG country, geographically is as wide as Europe Indonesia consists of thousands of island (>17,000), mostly are small and isolated Physical infrastructure such as roads and inter-island transportation means outside Java are mostly not in the ideal conditions IT infrastructure is limited and thus people’s access to Internet is also limited

Challenges: Limited IT infrastructure Internet penetration is only 16,1% (Malaysia is 58.8%) # of Handphone SIM card use: 180 millions – 75% of # of population

Can DE be as good as classroom-based education? How can UT develop good academic programs and be acknowledged by the academic community? How can UT reach all potential students with same and standardized quality programs regardless of their domiciles and access level to technology? How can UT provide learning services to its students? Challenges: Academic Issues

Strategies: Coverage of Operations

Stategies: Open Registration System open entry/exit system no selection criteria open registration system - No time limit – no dropout

Programs are based on need analysis Curriculum is designed by teams involving experts & users of graduates Courses are self-contained and self instructional Learning supports are both face-to-face and online Student assessment are conducted simultaneously using standardized test items from a comprehensive Item Bank System All standards and procedures are written in the QA manuals Strategies: Academic Programs

Digital Library Web-based Supplementary Materials Dry Lab Strategies: Accessible and Flexible Learning 974 titles of Printed/ non-printed Materials written by 1,100 writers F2F tutorials in 446 cities by 22,653 tutors Online tutorials of 552 courses by 575 tutors (participated by about 13,609 students

In IndonesiaAbroad # of Student- Course Exam Processed # of City # of Exam Rooms # of Students # of City # of Students 81046, ,338,838 # of Exam Supervisors/Proctors (2 persons/room) Magnitude of scale of Final Examination per Semester Strategies: Massive Operation Based on data of

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Number of Student Harsono, 80 years, Registered in English Translation Program, started in Semester (September 2011)

Testimony