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

Abstract

The Distance Learning Modality of the UTPL, increasingly home to more people, including young people completing high school and choose to study remotely due to various factors; this diversity multiple needs of guidance are presented for both adaptation, in academic, personal and administrative aspects, being causal of early abandonment of studies or academic failure. The pilot mentoring project aimed to develop actions of counseling with students of junior MaD to facilitate their incorporation into this system. The program was fulfilled in the CUA Gualaquiza and Saraguro, involving nine undergraduate students of various specialties. The methods used were: Participatory Action Research, descriptive, analytical method - synthetic, inductive, deductive and statistical; He resorted to literature research techniques and field, plus data collection instruments. The main problems were lack mentees in managing EVA, limited application of technical studies, economic problems. students who managed to adapt to this type of study, successful considering this program was oriented.