Nowadays, students access information and learning resources in a variety of ways. The learning process is not limited to the classroom. UMY understands this transformation and therefore it has vision to transform its learning system into one that is more digitally oriented and paperless, to provide a better solution that facilitates the learning process and students' access to resources and information.
This transformation has resulted in an e-learning solution that helps students better understand the learning materials. Professors are able to post their teaching materials online, making it possible for students to access these materials from the university platform and support their learning. Since e-learning makes it possible for assignments to be submitted online, it also results in less paper used.
Few universities in Indonesia, especially state-owned universities, have implemented online learning resource-sharing. This allows UMY students and professors to access learning resources online from other universities that have agreed to share the materials with UMY.
As a long-term strategy, Muhammadiyah university aims to enlarge the resource-sharing network. The goals are to reduce the cost of learning resources and simultaneously enable students and professors to access learning resources from as many sources as they can.
To achieve these goals, UMY has invested in IT infrastructure development on its 27-hectare campus to provide strong and stable internet access in areas of campus.