Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría para estudiantes del primer ciclo de Educación a Distancia, Centro Universitario Quito La Villaflora, Octubre 2014-Febrero 2015

Abstract

The defection of new university students distance learning is a problem. Against this and framed within the academic requirements of the Technical University of Loja, this work aims to develop and evaluate a pilot mentoring experience for students of the first cycle of Distance Education, University Center Quito, La Villaflora presents; with a sample of five students in October 2014 - February 2015, which aims to avoid this problem by adapting mechanisms to facilitate and better use of their learning process. Participatory, descriptive, inductive, deductive and Statistical Action: Research methods were used. Instruments such as questionnaires, expectations and fears formats, evaluations that determined the efficacy of peer mentoring process. It has also developed a manual for the mentor. Mentoring is a process of support, guidance and advice between advanced course student and a group of students first entered college, and readers are invited to reviewv this mentoring program will be of great interest to them