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

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Abstract:This paper addresses the problem of guidance and mentoring needs of distance education. It was conducted with the objective to plan, develop, evaluate and improve processes in the pilot mentoring program with students from junior college Distance Learning Center Vinces. This project includes a triadic relationship that involved the (counselor), which is held by a teacher/tutor/a UTPL the (mentor) student End Titration (mentees) undergraduate student at risk of abandonment lack early study habits and academic difficulties. The sample was subject to five students; used participatory, descriptive, analytical, statistical and technical literature research and field research methods; questionnaire was used to thinking skills, needs guidance. As a general conclusion mentees students have an appropriate level of psycho-pedagogical skills and high initial expectation, their adaptation to distance learning system is not easy and motivation declines for reasons connected with the university and the proper use of tics.