Sistema de mentoría para los nuevos estudiantes de primer ciclo, modalidad abierta y a distancia de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Evaluación de una experiencia, ciclo académico abril – agosto 2014

Abstract

The research focuses on the implementation, development and evaluation of a pilot project for sustainable mentoring students in the first cycle of Distance mode of the UTPL. The main objective of the program is not the drop of the new student. The research was conducted at the Regional Center Guayaquil. The participants of the program were, tutor, mentor and five mentorizados; for the execution methods were used participatory action research, descriptive, analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive method, and statistical techniques; in addition to bibliographic research and field; instruments such as questionnaires of general information, needs guidance, assessment of thinking skills, among others; they allowed to identify the mayor needs of guidance focused on the insertion, survey techniques, information, and academic staff. The conclusion of the program reflects the achievement, not of the desertion of the students by providing them through the process of mentoring, guidance and direction to follow during your academic training, creating in them the confidence and self-discipline necessary to deal with its security concerns and able to satisfy needs.