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various  communication  media  such  as  by  mail  correspondence  tutorials,  radio
           and  TV  tutorials, and  online  tutorials through  the  internet.




            Correspondence  Tutorials

                 Correspondence  tutorial  was  tutorial  mode  marked  by  the  delivery  of  the

           written  contents,  tasks  or  responses  to  the  student's  inquiries  through  mail
           correspondence.  This  delivery  can  be  done  directly  to  the  students, through  the

           Regional  Offices,  or  mass  media.  Correspondence  tutorials  actually  had  been
           offered  to  the  student  since  UT  was  established.  At  that  time ,  written  tutorials

           were  just  responds  to  student's  inquiries  along  the  year.  However,  similar  to
           face-to-face  tutorials,  gradually  students  were  lost  their  interest.  To  motivate
           students  to  attend  tutorials  as  mentioned  above,  in  1999  UT  has  tried  to

           encourage  several  modes  tutorials  at  Regional  Centers  through  giving  tutorials

           incentives as  much  as  2 million  rupiah  per  tutorial  package.
                 As  a  result,  in  2000  there  were  two  Reg ional  Centers  which  conducted
           correspondence  tutorials.  Correspondence  tutorials  were  not  only  responded  to

           student's  inquiries  but  also  delivered  content  to  support  learning.  To  increase

           student's  participation  rate  in  correspondence  tutorials, it  was  done  in  3 models:
           (1)  tutor  answered  student's  inqu iries,  (2)  tutor  sent  supporting  learning

           materials  and  tasks  directly  to  the  students,  (3)  tutor  sent  supporting  learning
           materials  and  tasks  to  the  Regional  Offices  which  can  be  copied  or  sent  to

           students  based  on  their  request.  UT  policy  to  stop  the  incentives  made  a  big
           impact  on  the  continuity  of the  correspondence  tutorials .  Since  semester  2001 .2
           no  Regional  Offices  conducted  correspondence  tutorials  anymore.  Instead  most

           Regional  Offices conducted  TTRMK.

                 Beside  the  three  tutorial  models,  the  written  tutorial  materials  were  also
           delivered  in  some  mass  media  such  as  Komunika  Magazine  publ ished  by  UT  and



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