Formulation of requirements for an information system to support the induction process of university students: UNAD case

• Autor: Moreno, Pilar Alexandra
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Lima
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6105
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Interfases/article/view/6105
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: information system; induction process; characterization; technological development; information analysis; sistema de información; proceso de inducción; caracterización; desarrollo tecnológico; análisis de información

The Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), a public higher education institution in Colombia, offers distance education programs at different levels of technical and professional training, specializations, and master’s degrees in virtual learning environments. Therefore, those entering the unadista student community for the first time require induction systems and tools that help their entry, adaptation, and transition to virtual training. Thus, an information system that supports the induction process of first time students focused on their transition from face-to-face to virtual training is needed. This information system must comply with two basic requirements: firstly, to be an online system that guides students in the first steps of their virtual training and, secondly, to help the university’s decision-making regarding the induction tools and the adaptation resources to respond to the heterogeneous population it receives, since it offers an open system without restrictions for the entrance and acceptance of students. This work aims to describe the analysis determining these requirements as part of the information system design.