Desarrollo y Evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de educación Superior a Distancia Centro Universitario Asociado de Quito

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Abstract: The present investigative work develops a theme of analysis and decision-making about a transcendent educational activity, whose general objective was to implement, develop and evaluate a pilot mentoring project for students of the first cycle of distance learning, with the perspective of promoting improving the quality of academic guidance processes and the emergence of a culture of support that favors meaningful learning. This research was carried out with a sample of four first-level students from different careers, who assumed the role of mentors and the last-level students who were mentors, from the Quito Regional Center, qualitative-quantitative, exploratory and descriptive methods were used. , observation, interview and survey techniques, together with the instruments designed by the planning team. As a general conclusion, it is determined that mentoring is a contribution to the comprehensive training of students who begin in the Open and Distance Modality that will affect their permanence and academic qualification. Reading this contribution will surely spark interest for future research studies.