Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes del primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Quito-Villaflora

Abstract

The main difficulties are forged in the process of teaching - learning, high level of abandonment or desertion and academic losses especially in the early years, in different universities of Ecuador generated the concern of the Technical University of Loja the same as to through a project called "Development and evaluation of a pilot mentoring experience with undergraduate students of Higher Distance Education, University Center Quito-Villaflora" to improve the exchange of information between teachers and students in a more direct way and establish possible solutions to resolve them effectively. This research, managed to collect the main educational needs five mentees, through research methods: participatory, descriptive, analytical action - synthetic, inductive - deductive and statistical as well as the application of a survey, interview and observation. In conclusion the students through the support, guidance and support they had in the course of the academic year and its great desire to cooperate made it possible for this project get positive results for the mentor and mentees.