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Development in the

Utilization of Information

and Communication

Technology at Universitas

Terbuka

T IAN B E LAWATI, A.P. HAR DHONO ,
E DUARD T. S INAR , LI N T ANG PATRIA

Introduction

Since it was founded in 1984, Universitas Terbuka (UT) has developed its

computerized management system, especially in processing student registration
data and examination. The first design of UT computerized system was
developed by UT younger staff and the Center of Computer Sciences of

Universitas Indonesia (Pusilkom-UI) . Along with UT development and· in order to

fit the specific needs of a distance education institution, the development of UT
data processing application was conducted with the guidance of registration and

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