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

Abstract

La Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja in its Open and Distance Modality, asked to its students to make a paper about the theme " Development and evaluation of a pilot mentoring experience with undergraduate students of Higher Distance Education, in order to gather important information about the needs of orientation of undergraduates and build a model of mentoring supported by the reality of the distance learner UTPL . This project has been applied to ten students from different careers and they were evaluated based on the perception and evaluation of mentors on the organization , training, developed skills and adapted to the needs of students , for which various instruments were applied to them. Finally, it is possible to conclude that the Project has great relevancy since it contributes to a great extent to the professional growth of the companions mentorizados since it is a process of constant support to avoid the desertion of the student.