Desarrollo y Evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Regional Quito ciclo académico Diciembre 2014 – Julio 2015”

Abstract

The following investigation has been conducted with the purpose of promoting a culture of companion and guidance for the undergraduate student. The implementation, the development and the evaluation of a pilot mentoring project was carried out on a group of first year, distance learning students, residents of the Regional Centre Quito- Villaflora, during the academic period of October 2014 – February 2015. Pair mentoring was used as part of this investigation; there were five students that served as the mentees, one mentor and a consultant. Through the investigation action participatory method based on the application of interviews, orientation and personal satisfaction questionnaires. Detail record files have enabled us to identify the necessities, interests and weakness of the student. Hence, the productive results found have indicated that motivation and information exchange between the participants of the project have played a key part in the creation of personal autonomy, cognitive capacities development and study skills that have allowed the students to obtain their goals, and at the same time carry on with their studies without thinking about dropping out of university as a first option.