Análisis de la deserción en el entorno universitario de los alumnos de nuevo ingreso en educación a distancia

Abstract

Abstract: In Ecuador there are universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees according to their academic offerings in the following modalities: face-to-face, semi-face-to-face, online and distance. The pioneer modality in our country is the Open and Distance Learning created by the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja more than four decades ago and currently proposed as an avant-garde model (Correa Granda y Dávila Moreno, 2021). Since its creation, it has seen with great concern and sadness, the desertion or idleness of several students. The issue of desertion is one of the challenges for university authorities who, together with related areas, must join efforts so that this does not unbalance the university environment. For the authors (Nervi et al., 2015) "Student dropout is related to the curricular plan, personal interests, motivations, study habits and academic regulations" (p. 93). In the university environment, dropout became essential and pressing because it requires knowing the internal or external factors that influence. A questionnaire is proposed where the experience dealt with incoming students is made known.