The Web-based Seminar (Webinar) as an OpenCourseWare for Universitas Terbuka’s Students Irsanti Widuri Asih Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia

Universitas Terbuka (UT) UT is an open and distance learning higher education institution: 4 faculties, 29 study programs of graduate and postgraduate, 1200 courses, students (reside in Indonesia and Overseas) UT applies distance learning system (the process of learning is not conducted in face-to-face mode, but through media; radio, television, teleconference, online) Main learning material: text books Supported by multimedia learning material; Audio/Video DVD, Interactive Video, Web-supplement

“Web of Student Services for Online Learners” ( Western Cooperative for educational Telecommunications/WCET in Simonson, 2012: 323 )

Face-to- face RadioTVWrittenOnline

Overseas UT’s Students (Nov 2012: 1490)

Webinar: an OCW A presentation of activities, lectures, workshops, or seminars that use the web facility ( Interactive elements; the ability to give, receive and discuss information either textual, auditory, and visual/video

The Pilot Project of Webinar Tutorial (Semester 2 of 2012) Translation I Public Speaking Marketing Management Economics Statistics I

Three Components The Head Office of UT Partners Regional Office

A Team Course Tutor Tutor’s Assistant Administrator/Technician

The Design of Webinar Tutorial WeekInitiationMaterial 1OpeningIntroduction to the techniques of tutorial and the mechanism of the discussion 21st materialmaterial + example + exercise 32nd material + assignment material + example + exercise + 1st assignment 43rd materialmateri + contoh + latihan 54th material + assignment material + example + exercise + 2nd assignment 65th materialmateri + contoh + latihan 76th material + assignment material + example + exercise + 3rd assignment 8Closing Summarize the entire meeting materials Evaluate the results of studying the entire meeting

The Implementation of Webinar Tutorial of Public Speaking

Week Course Schedule Location The No of Students Technical Problems TutorStudents Assistant of tutor Technician 1 Sept – Indonesia (Banten) South Korea Indonesia (Banten) 6The connection was on-off The delay was too long, particularly when use wifi 2 Sept – Indonesia (Banten) South Korea Indonesia (Banten) 2Audio 3 Sept – Indonesia (Banten) South Korea Indonesia (Banten) 8- 4 Sept – Indonesia (West Java) South Korea Indonesia (West Java) 7Tutor couldn’t operate the powerpoint Tutor couldn’t access the chat 5 Oct – Indonesia (West Java) South Korea Indonesia (West Java) 10The internet connection of the assistant of tutor was off 6 Oct – Indonesia (West Java) South Korea Indonesia (West Java) 9The audio of students couldn’t be heard 7 Oct – Indonesia (West Java) South Korea Indonesia (West Java) 9Webinar class couldn’t be accessed. New room had to be made. The assistant of tutor could’t join the class because the connection was fail. The connection suddenly dropped off. 8 Oct – Indonesia (West Java) South Korea Indonesia (West Java) 8Tutor and the assistant of tutor both could’t get connection to the class, even the students were ready. The class was rescheduled to Oct 31, Indonesia time/20.30 Korea time

Students’ Grade

Conclusions The utilization of webinar as an OpenCourseWare for UT’s students is beneficial Webinar tutorial is efficient to be implemented for students who reside out of Indonesia (Low Cost) Intensive interaction through chat, video, and audio Webinar tutorial is effective (all of the students pass the final exam) Unfortunately, the infrastructure is not optimal yet which often leads to technical constraints

Suggestions Further research from the perspective of the students should be conducted, especially in determining the courses that be best supported by webinar tutorial The infrastructure elements; such as the bandwidth of the internet connection in Indonesia is also important to be improved

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