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Said, 2019; Suciati et al., 2017; Belawati, carried out in several aspects: development
Padmo, & Prasetyo, 2019). BAI is designed of web tutorial models (Rahayu, 2021),
to enhance the quality of students’ personal user experience and student satisfaction
learning experience by interacting with (Muflikah, 2021; Widuroyekti, 2021; and
the content through self-instructional Yusrizal, 2021), and implementation (Rachmi,
materials. Because of many advantages 2021). The results of those studies indicate
in BAI, especially in improving student that students like and felt comfortable with
learning, the development of interactive the web tutorials method. This has made
learning materials or BAI become one of UT’s UT consider continuing employing the web
top priorities. Each study program is now tutorials method even after the pandemic is
obliged to develop BAI, particularly in a new over.
textbook or revised edition of the textbook
(Said and Ayuni, 2018). Other research on Management in Distance Education
learning materials have also been focusing Research related to institutional management
on the experimentation and development and administration during the last five years
of prototypes of materials using virtual/ has been mostly carried out with the focus
augmented realities. Lately, a research on the development of various technological
project dedicated to study the possibility of or software applications. The decision to
developing a metaverse leaning environment focus on such application development was
is also being conducted. made because UT is determined to become
a cyber university which required effective
Learning Support System and efficient management. Some examples
One of the most essential infrastructures of applications developed in the last five
to facilitate students’ independent learning years are related to academic administration
is to provide a systematic and seamless and asset management: development and
learning support system. UT provides various implementation of database security (Sufandi,
learning supports including tutorials, contact 2016 and Wicaksono and Susanto, 2017),
centre, digital library, as well as radio and facilities and infrastructure management
television programs that allows students (MESRA, Manajemen Aset dan Prasarana)
to learn from different sources. One of the (Wicaksono, 2019), and system information
most popular learning supports was the on learning material transaction, including
face-to-face tutorials which are conducted di production, distribution, and inventory
the regions. The global COVID-19 pandemic (SITTA or Sistem Informasi Tiras dan Transaksi
has forced UT to make adjustments in the Bahan Ajar) (Sufandi and Priono, 2019).
implementation of the face-to-face activities
and converted the face-to-face tutorials into
synchronous web tutorials, which basically
conducted face-to-face meetings via video
conference platforms. Research related to
the implementation of web tutorials was

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