Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de educación superior a distancia, centro universitario asociado de Cuenca, año lectivo 2014-2015.

Abstract

The research was based on the problematization made by the UTPL regarding the lack of academic advising in the form of distance learning, which would generate negative effects on students, who are exposed to desert because of the limited experience in this form of study. The overall objective of this research was to evaluate the results of the implementation of a pilot mentoring scheme, participants being students of the last academic year and getting advice from five companions of the first cycles. The mentor and mentee in the mentoring plan were the Canton Cuenca, to be advantageous to apply the method of Participatory Action Research (IAP) and subsequent research instruments and data collection that supported the assessment of the effects of the pilot scheme . In addition to the positive results, the didactic counseling with a support system for students was raised as the distance mode has been unknown to them, making it difficult to organize their study time, work and family.