Interest in Distance Learning and Assessment of Internet Sources of Information in the View of Polish Students Majoring in Economic Sciences

Nowadays, development of e-learning primarily moves towards ensuring wider availability and mobility of the contents of the courses offered. However, the importance of taking into account personal needs of students in the didactic process, choosing right methods of organisation and conducting courses (which are supposed to increase students' involvement), and finally, integrating courses with accessible sources of information on the Internet is pointed out at the same time. The research objectives in this article are: firstly, to define whether there is a relationship between the level of interest of Polish students majoring in the selected faculties of economic sciences in independent work and their interest in participation in e-learning classes; and secondly, to establish the opinion of the surveyed students about Internet sources of information used by them in the didactic process. The obtained results point out that there is a distinct but weak relationship between students' interest in independent work and their interest in participation in e-learning classes. Simultaneously, there is a rather common belief among the surveyed students that Internet sources of information offer contents which are sufficient for the didactic process and do not need to be worked out any further. It is worth recollecting indications of persons who declared high level of interest in independent work in the didactic process which state that the notion of e-learning encapsulates, apart from the contents passed within the framework of university courses, sources of information of the broadly defined Internet. These arrangements may create a number of challenges for higher education facilities which are related to organising and conducting classes with the use of distance learning methods