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

Abstract

Due to the high rate of early dropout of new students of the UTPL, this research is presented, in order to implement, develop and evaluate a pilot mentoring project for undergraduate students distance mode, with the prospect of promoting the improvement of the quality of academic orientation processes, through a culture of support to develop meaningful learning and meet their needs guidance. The Mentoring Project was carried out in the Associated Center Cañar, with the participation of mentor (student completes his college career), the mentees (undergraduate students) and counselor (teacher UTPL). For the development of this research method Participatory Research, descriptive, analytic-synthetic, inductive, deductive and statistical Action was used; also bibliographic research techniques and field; Additional tools, such as forms, questionnaires, etc., provided by the University. It concluded with a satisfactory result the aforementioned project, so that the reader is invited to enter the wonderful world of mentoring.