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The scarcity of studies on academic advising in virtual environments hinders the development of alternative models that can be compared in search for greater efficiency. As a contribution to fill this gap, this paper describes the online academic advising system in a virtual university. We describe the background of this system and its main elements: the advisor’s functions, the types of advisors (incorporation, beginning and continuation), the available tools for advisors, and the organisation of the advisorial activity both from the internal and the student’s point of view.
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Martínez-Argüelles, M.J., Ruiz-Dotras, E., Rimbau-Gilabert, E. (2010). The Academic Advising System in a Virtual University. In: Lytras, M.D., et al. Technology Enhanced Learning. Quality of Teaching and Educational Reform. TECH-EDUCATION 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13166-0_49
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