Desarrollo y evaluación de una experiencia piloto de mentoría con estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, período octubre 2015-febrero 2016

Abstract

This work was done in the city of Macas, with the participation of students in the first cycle period, in October 2015, February 2016 Private Technical University of Loja, noting the problems of students academically, he developed a plan mentoring , where students last cycle (mentors), aims, help and accompany the needs for new students (mentees), driving process improvement orientation and favoring significant learning through group meetings and personal that allow build trust and fellowship. The techniques and instruments used in this course are: Observation, interviews, surveys, questionnaires, use of technology, home visits was also performed. The methods used in this study were descriptive, analytic-synthetic, inductive-deductive and finally statistician. Based on the results it was concluded that 75% of mentees were open to the guidance and support of mentor, so it is stated that the mentee are eligible to continue their academic life, inculcated by motivation and desire to finish his career .