Irsanti Widuri Asih Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia

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

2. Universitas Terbuka (UT)
• UT is an open and distance learning higher education institution: 4
faculties, 29 study programs of graduate and postgraduate, 1200
courses, 565.000 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

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

4. Tutorials @UT

5. Overseas UT’s Students (Nov
2012: 1490)

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

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

8. Three Components

9. A Team Course

10. The Design
of Webinar Tutorial
Week Initiation Material
1 Opening Introduction to the techniques of tutorial and the
mechanism of the discussion
2 1st material material + example + exercise
3 2nd material +
assignment
material + example + exercise + 1st assignment
4 3rd material materi + contoh + latihan
5 4th material +
assignment
material + example + exercise + 2nd assignment
6 5th material materi + contoh + latihan
7 6th material +
assignment
material + example + exercise + 3rd assignment
8 Closing • Summarize the entire meeting materials
• Evaluate the results of studying the entire meeting

11. The Implementation
of Webinar Tutorial of Public Speaking

12. The Implementation of Webinar Tutorial of
Public Speaking
Week
Course
Schedul
e
Location
The No of
Students
Technical Problems
Tutor Students
Assistant
of tutor
Technicia
n
1
Sept 9
08.30 –
10.30
Indonesia
(Banten)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(Banten)
Indonesia
(Banten)
6 The connection was on-off
The delay was too long, particularly when use wifi
2
Sept 16
08.15 –
10.15
Indonesia
(Banten)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(Banten)
Indonesia
(Banten)
2 Audio
3
Sept 23
08.00 –
10.00
Indonesia
(Banten)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(Banten)
Indonesia
(Banten)
8 -
4
Sept 30
08.10 –
10.10
Indonesia
(West Java)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(West Java)
Indonesia
(West Java)
7 Tutor couldn’t operate the powerpoint
Tutor couldn’t access the chat
5
Oct 7
08.05 –
10.10
Indonesia
(West Java)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(West Java)
Indonesia
(West Java)
10 The internet connection of the assistant of tutor was off
6
Oct 14
08.00 –
10.00
Indonesia
(West Java)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(West Java)
Indonesia
(West Java)
9 The audio of students couldn’t be heard
7
Oct 21
08.00 –
09.50
Indonesia
(West Java)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(West Java)
Indonesia
(West Java)
9 Webinar 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 31
18.30 –
20.30
Indonesia
(West Java)
South
Korea
Indonesia
(West Java)
Indonesia
(West Java)
8 Tutor 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, 18.30 Indonesia time/20.30
Korea time

13. Students’ Grade

14. 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

15. 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

16. Thank You