Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Asociado de Quito – Villaflora, año lectivo 2014-2015

Abstract

This research is based on the development and evaluation of a pilot mentoring experience with undergraduate students of higher education in the mode of Distance Education held in the University Center Associate Quito-Villaflora of the Technical University of Loja, during the school year 2014 - 2015, the overall objective was to implement, develop and evaluate a pilot project, with a view to promote the improvement of the quality of the processes of academic orientation and the emergence of a culture of support. The study sample was four students, the methods of Participatory Action Research (IAP), the descriptive, analytic-synthetic, inductive-deductive, statistical applied. The techniques were bibliographical research, and field observation. As a general conclusion of the investigation, the importance of strengthening the initial support to students who take this type of university studies, in order to optimize their overall performance arises. Therefore, we invite you to meet this reader contribution to the study of the process of mentoring in the form of distance university studies.