The tangle of knowledge and culture: Humans surfing on the Internet. Chances for self-education in cyberspace Cover Image

W gąszczu wiedzy i kultury, czyli człowiek „buszujący” w sieci – o szansach na samokształcenie w cyberprzestrzeni
The tangle of knowledge and culture: Humans surfing on the Internet. Chances for self-education in cyberspace

Author(s): Izabela Chróst-Jóźwiak
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: culture; self-education; cyberspace; transactional analysis

Summary/Abstract: This article shows how Internet resources can be used in self-education. Increasingly, the cyberspaceis used for quick acquisition of new qualifications. Recently, Internet sites offering languagecourses are becoming more and more popular in cyberspace activity. Rarely, however, dowe come across pages that – apart from education – offer something more. This article attempts todescribe one innovative site (a special portal) devoted to learning a language, which is a combinationof a social community and education. This is a new way of self-educating activity. On onehand, we can study languages, and, on the other hand, we have contact with multi-culture resources. Self-education allows for communicating with people of different nationalities: talking with e.g. English, Italian or Spanish people. Each of them, apart from the exchange of language experiences, offers special, individual cultural values. At the same time we can learn and be in touch with multiculturalism. In addition, interactive pages and their attractive design allow formore effective and enjoyable learning in the comfort of people’s own home Thanks to the multilateralimpact, involving intellect and emotions, even adults can learn as easy as children.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 67-85
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish