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Table 4
Research Conducted by UT’s academics from 2016-2020

Research Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Funded by UT 309 283 379 414 260
Funded by the Indonesian Ministry
of Education, Culture, Research, and 11 7 7 1 0
Technology
Personal Funding 7 4 29 11 0
International Research Collaboration 5 4 4 4 4
Total 332 298 419 430 264

As mentioned, research topics are guided by the RIP and in general can be categorized into
six groups: curriculum evaluation, assessment, student, learning material, learning support
system, and management (of distance education). The last one is institutional research
category. Table 5 shows the proportion of number of research for each category.

Table 5
Numbers of Research by Category (2016-2020)

Category Numbers of Research Percetages (%)
Curriculum Evaluation 29 6
Assessment 22 4
Student 66 12
Learning Material 118 22
Learning Support System 111 21
Management (in Distance Education) 188 35
Total 534 100

For each research category, UT has conducted relevant topics whose findings are beneficial for
UT’s continues improvement and development. The following paragraphs present highlight of
major findings for each category that have been adopted and implemented by UT.

Curriculum Evaluation
Curriculum is at the centre of every academic program as it comprehensively formulated
the programs’ core competence to be achieved, the content of the learning materials, the
overall plan and arrangement regarding learning process, as well as the design of the learning
assessment. Curriculum is dynamic in nature as it always has to be adjusted to any changes

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