Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Asociado de Ibarra, período octubre 2015 – febrero 2016

Abstract

Upon entering college dropout problems in the first cycle are presented, this is related to economic issues, unemployment, no time availability, etc. But something peculiar happens when studying at a distance because the student defections are linked to lack of support. For this reason the Technical University of Loja implemented, developed and evaluated a pilot mentoring project for undergraduate students in the perspective of promoting quality improvement processes of academic orientation and the emergence of a culture of accompaniment . Mentorizadas worked with five students from the University Center Associate Ibarra. The methodology was based on descriptive methods, analytic-synthetic, inductive-deductive and statistical giving the possibility to guide the students in the field of integration and adaptation, academic, informative and personal. The techniques used were interviews and survey with their respective instruments. The overall assessment of the process from the perspective of aid management levels and results is high. Therefore I extend a warm invitation to read the final report of the work done