Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Provincial de Ibarra, período octubre 2015 – febrero 2016

Abstract

The disorientation of students entering universities mainly in the distance mode, and the lack of information makes it more difficult academic adaptation, and other needs that are the cause of demotivation and early school leaving . The aim being to implement, develop and evaluate a pilot mentoring project for undergraduate students of Distance Learning, in the perspective of promoting quality improvement processes academically oriented. The project was developed in the city of Ibarra, with the participation of four students from the Commonwealth of Ibarra center, the methodology is based on the exploratory, descriptive and qualitative and quantitative research methods, allowing guide students. The techniques used were: observation, interview, questionnaire. The university provided several questionnaires for collecting student data. thus achieving demonstrate that the mentoring process is of great benefit for the mentee. The development of this mentoring project has been a motivating experience for this reason I invite you to review it.