Desarrollo y Evaluación de una Experiencia Piloto de Mentoría con estudiantes de primer Ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia

Abstract

The Technical University of Loja in the Open and Distance Modality, introduced his students work to titration with the theme: "Development and Evaluation of a Pilot Mentoring Experience with undergraduate students of Higher Distance Education" with the order to gather important information about the needs of orientation of undergraduate students and build a mentoring model supported by the reality of student UTPL distance. The main purpose of this research is to implement, develop and evaluate sustainable mentoring pilot project. Because it has demonstrated the existence of a high rate of student at the beginning of their superior academic training desertion. The Technical University of Loja pioneer in this research project carried out this process of mentoring as a strategy guidance and information to greatly reduce this problem affecting many students. The following methods were used for the implementation of this research: The research is qualitative and quantitative type, the methodologies used are participatory action research, analytical, inductive, deductive and statistics.