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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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