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made them deliverable. To enhance the process of course material development,
UT has been helped by experts and lecturers from various state universities,

such as Universitas Indonesia (U/), Universitas Gajah Mada (UGM) , lnstitut
Pertanian Bogar (IPB) , lnstitut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) , Universitas Airlangga

(UNAIR), Universitas Padjajaran (UNPAD) , Universitas Hasanudin (UNHAS) ,
Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) , Universitas Negeri Jakarta (UNJ), Universitas

Pendidikan Indonesia (UP/), etc. Editors are UT academic staffs assigned to put
the materials together in certain formats and prepare them for printing and

publishing.

By using content experts from well-
NO. FACULTY TOTAL
known universities in Indonesia as course
1. FKIP 639
writers, UT course materials are ensured
2. FMIPA 207
3. FISIP 337 of its high academic quality. Almost 97%
4. FEKON 107 of UT course materials are written by
Tot a I 1288 experts from other universities. The
Source: PPBAC, 2004
following table shows the distribution of
course writers in the four faculties at UT. The Modules eventually, are not only

used by UT students, but also by students from other universities, both state and
private universities, especially in the eastern part of Indonesia . This fact has

been a pride for UT.
The developments of printed course materials by using Writer-Editor

approach still carry on . But there were times when UT tried to use other
approaches in developing course materials. In 1999, with the financial help from

0/KT/, UT developed course materials by using Course Development Team
approach, involving a number of experts in materials design, media , and

instructional design. This approach was difficult to be implemented, as the more
personnel involved, the harder it was to coordinate them. But this full team

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