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

Abstract

The Technical University of Loja, in an effort to always provide educational excellence, implements mentoring project aimed at students of open and distance modality, who are at risk of neglect or failure, to achieve a better learning environment peer confidence. This research was performed with seven students (3 women and 4 men) of the Open and Distance Modality Associated Center of Loja, using various methods: participatory research, descriptive, analytic action - synthetic, inductive and deductive statistic. Library research techniques and field research with observation, interviews, surveys and focus groups are also used. All these activities were focused on the overall objective: to provide counseling to promote meaningful learning. In conclusion, the guidance provided to students recent entry came to be of great help for the activities undertaken some problems, doubts and various academic problems were solved, the results were evident in the next two months and if this process remains another more cycle, the content of this work is best confirmed.