Utilidad de las tutorías académicas en la universidad: resultados agregados de un estudio multidimensional en diferentes ciencias

espanolLa tutoria es la accion de orientacion presencial o virtual que el docente lleva a cabo sobre el alumnado y que consiste en una ayuda particular entendida como algo intrinseco al proceso educativo del estudiante que suscita su interes, estimula su comportamiento y propone metas significativas en su progreso academico. Asi definida, la tutoria interesa como factor de calidad en las metodologias de ensenanza-aprendizaje. En este trabajo, desde un prisma cuantitativo, se analiza la eficacia de la accion tutorial vista desde el alumnado con el fin de contribuir a incrementar el aprovechamiento y mejora del trabajo docente. Para ello, la muestra correlaciona las siguientes variables: tres universidades (UBU, UCM y UNIR); dos presenciales y una on-line; dos publicas y una privada; tres titulaciones; dos areas de conocimiento; dos casos donde prevalecen las tutorias face-to-face y un caso, con contacto digital no directo con el estudiante. Los resultados obtenidos permiten concluir que, aunque las tutorias face-to-face son mas valoradas todavia, la modalidad online es cada vez mas valorada y util. EnglishTutorship is the action of face-to-face or virtual orientation that teachers offer to students. It consists in a particular help understood as something intrinsic to the educational process of the students that arouses their interest, stimulates their behavior, and proposes significant goals in their academic progress. According to this idea, tutoring is an interesting quality factor in teaching and learning methodologies. From a quantitative perspective, in this research project it is analyzed the effectiveness of the tutorial action from the point of view of the students in order to contribute to increase the university teaching work. To achieve this aim, the following correlated variables were been considered: three Spanish universities (UBU, UCM and UNIR), two of them work according to a face-to-face model and the other one works online, two of them are public and the other one is private; it were been taken three degrees and two knowledge areas into account. The results obtained allow us to conclude that although face-to-face tutorials are highly appreciated, the online ones are becoming more relevant and useful.