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At the later stage, the UT Quality Assurance Framework was further

elaborated in the forms of documented systems, procedures , and work
instructions which are necessarily vital to the UT operations. This chapter is not

intended to discuss the systems as · they have been extensively explored and
discussed in another chapter in this book to avoid unnecessary repetition.

External evaluation was conducted by inviting external evaluation agency,
the National Agency for Higher Education Accreditation (BAN PT} and two

international institutions namely International Council for Open and Distance
Education (ICDE) and International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). In

2005, UT invited ICDE Standards Agency (ISA) to conduct quality assessment
which aims to provide international accreditation . ICDE is an institution which is

authorized by UNESCO to become a global organisation which accommodates the
community of online, flexible and blended learning, including e-learning and

distance education. ICDE is a non-profit organisation which was established in
1938 and has been working and dealing with various institutions with different

circumstances, conditions and cultural backgrounds. At the moment, the ICDE
Headquarters is located in Oslo, Norway with 142 countries becoming its
member.

Process of Achieving Accredited Status

Accreditation by the National Agency for Higher Education Accreditation (BAN-
PT) is at the level of Study Program . Assessment is focused on the aspect of input,

process and output in the administration of the Study Program which includes the
curriculum and learning content offered and implemented by the Program.

The accreditation instrument has been developed by BAN-PT, based on the
administration of Study Program in the conventional higher education institution

which is very different in nature from its counterpart in the distance higher
education institution.

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