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

Abstract

This research stems from the need to develop and strengthen the participants of the same skills inherent in a process of self having as main objective to contribute to the decrease in the rate of early abandonment of college, taking the personalized support and relevant educational strategy , focusing on the environment Commonwealth University Center of canton Balsas, participants involved were five students in the form of distance learning from October 2015 period - February 2016 from the Technical University of Loja, who were exposed to an investigative process, qualitative, quantitative, explorative and descriptive to result show that the insertion and adaptation to the system of learning and academic orientation are fundamental needs of students of the first cycle of this type, with the accompaniment of a mentor, crucial to guide , motivate, guide and inform, generating a satisfactory adaptation process for them in a new model of studies, reducing the chances that students realize himself professionally desist from the start of their training in higher education