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In general , the transfer of land and buildings of former SPGs and SGOs
from Dikti to other UPBJJs was smooth . The transfer of former buildings of SPGs
and SGOs form Dikti to UPBJJ Makasar was in the form of exchange with
Universitas Makasar for a 1690 square meters building. The facilities of UPBJJs
vary. Not all experiences of UPBJJs in obtaining land and building included in
this writing . Ownership status of land and buildings of UPBJJs can be found in
Annex 7.
At the beginning most UPBJJs used typewriters; however in 1990s most
UPBJJs had been equipped with computers. UPBBJs with big number of students
like UPBJJ Surabaya, Bandung, and Padang (in 1990s belonged to Category A),
in the late 1999 they have had LAN network. At that time, UT's Computer Center
had implemented computerized data processing . UT had also equipped with
computer program applications designed for specific purposes . Since 1984,
information technology (IT) at UT continued to be perfected. For administrative
purposes, e-administration has been used, and for learning purposes, e-learning
has been used. However, due to some constraints , only few students· use
computers, especially those living in remote areas, where they have difficulties
to access computers.
UT welcomes the education network provided by Department of National
Education and will join the network in 2007 to make students comfortable in
accessing learning materials and other supports. UT is now connected to
lndonet. Competence in IT for all UPBJJ staff is a must because it is related to
quality of a distance higher education institution. Therefore, UT continuously
implements trainings for UPBJJ staff. In addition , trainings in information
technology are implemented for students, free of charge.
At the time this book is being written, all activities at UPBJJ have been
done with computer, such as for input, keeping student data , registering learning
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