
Professor Tian Belawati is the former Rector of Universitas Terbuka (Indonesia Open University), a keen advocate for inclusive online learning, and a previous ICDE President as well as the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) President. Tian has seen Universitas Terbuka transform over time from a traditional correspondence open university into a major provider of accessible education.

Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/c7923e4a-035d-4098-9adc-4edd50547730-089-Tian-Belawati.mp3 | recorded September 2023
Tian’s online profiles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tian-Belawati | https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=N2vAWSUAAAAJ&hl=en
Nominated work (fee to access):
- Belawati, T. (2023). Quality assurance of blended and online learning: Standards, and implementation. Jakarta: Universitas Terbuka. https://pustaka.ut.ac.id/lib/portfolio-item/quality-assurance-of-blended-online-learning-standards-and-implementation/
- Belawati, T., Daryono, T., Sugilar, & Kusmawan, U. (2023). Development of an instrument to assess independent online learning readiness of high school students in Indonesia. Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 18(1). https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/AAOUJ-09-2022-0139/full/html
- Belawati, T., Indrajit, E., Sapriati, A., & Supardi, U.S. (2023). Self-assessment instrument of teacher readiness for teaching in the digital age. In press (Research report is available upon request).
- Belawati, T. (2022). Introduction to Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, and Support Systems of ODDE. In: Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_87-1
- Belawati, T. (2019). Pembelajaran online (Online Learning). Jakarta: Universitas Terbuka. http://repository.ut.ac.id/8813/ or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338447611_Pembelajaran_Online
Nominated works (may require purchase):
- Belawati, T. (2020). Massive open online courses: The state of practice in Indonesia. In K. Zhang, Curtis J. Bonk, Thomas C. Reeves, dan Thomas H. Reynolds, MOOCS and Open Education in the Global South (pp. 63-71). New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/MOOCs-and-Open-Education-in-the-Global-South-Challenges-Successes-and/Zhang-Bonk-Reeves-Reynolds/p/book/9780367025779
- Belawati, T. & Bandalaria, Melinda dela Pena. (2019). Distance education in Asia: Indonesia and Philippines. In M. G. Moore dan W.C. Diehl, Handbook of Distance Education. Fourth Edition (pp. 557-579).New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Distance-Education/Moore-Diehl/p/book/9781138239005