PEMANFAATAN PROGRAM PENYEDIA LAYANAN INTERNET KECAMATAN (PLIK) SEBAGAI MEDIA PENDIDIKAN JARAK JAUH

Abstract

Distance education in Indonesia was opened to reduce the education gap between
urban and remote areas nor with the purpose PLIK program of the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology is to reduce the digital divide between
urban and rural areas. In line with that distance education provides an opportunity to
improve education are not bound classes by utilizing the internet facility and program
PLIK give people the chance to improve skills in the field of information technology,
including to improve the quality of public education through affordable Internet access
by the availability of internet cafes in the district level and car PLIK to reach people in
remote villages. This research was conducted with descriptive qualitative method by
analyzing the data of Indonesia Open University document and the document PLIK of
the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The results showed that
Program PLIK that began in 2010 has 5939 internet cafes and internet car but was
stopped since 2014 can be used as a medium by universities such as the Open
University which has 39 regional office (UPBJJ) across Indonesia to reach UT students
in various parts of the region in the service of online registration and tutorial online as
well as to facilitate the UT students get academic information over the internet from
internet cafes and car PLIK provided at district level throughout Indonesia.