The article discusses the role of the tutor in distance education -distance education by means of a qualitative research with bibliographic characteristics. The main objective of this paper is to understand the importance of the tutor in the learning process. For both the researcher conceptualizes the DE, also discusses the use of new technologies. As a result indicates that the tutor has great relevance in mediating between the academic and knowledge.
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