Desarrollo y Evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario de Loja, Ciclo octubre 2014, febrero 2015

Abstract

The role played mentorship for students entering for the first time to the University of MaD is essential for desertion since there is no difficulty adapting to this system are presented.

To prevent this defection University aims to develop a mentoring program which is performed in the UTPL campus, designating 14 participants of the first cycle, which could work with 5 students, with the objective of promoting improvements in the quality of processes academic counselors.

To develop mentoring program of field research techniques such as interviews, questionnaires, use of ICT, which identified the causes of why the early college dropout were used. The method of Participatory Action Research identified the characteristics of students and mentor.

Mentoring is a help for students MaD, because this will allow them to be motivated and develop their self-learning promoting meaningful learning and achieving lower abandonment in university studies.