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hand , since 2004, UT TV programs have been broadcast on new educational
channel owned by the Department of National Education, called Televisi Edukasi.

Time allocation for UT on Televisi Edukasi was one hour a day, and until 2006

UT has produced 582 TV programs .

Video Program

UT started video programs in 2001 when it was decided that the supporting
non-printed materials should be assembled in form of multimedia package . The

video program was supposed to illustrate further the basic concepts explained in
the printed course material. It was called Video Courseware (Video BMP). Until

2006 , there were around 75 courses wh ich used video programs. The videos were
in the VCD format , considering that was the most popular player owned by

students . In future , it is quite probable that DVD will be used as it gives better
quality of pictures .

Audio Cassette
Program

Audio program wa s used to
enrich the printed course

materials. Some subjects ,
especially languages, were highly

dependent on audio program. For
other courses, audio cassettes

were developed to enhance the
first half part of course materials.

Audio programs were developed
along with the course material
Audio casse ttes as s upple m e nta ry m a terials

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