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About this course

The impact of technology and networks on our lives, culture, and society continues to increase. The very fact that you can take this course from anywhere in the world requires a technological infrastructure that was designed, engineered, and built over the past sixty years. To function in an information-centric world, we need to understand the workings of network technology. This course will open up the Internet and show you how it was created, who created it and how it works. Along the way we will meet many of the innovators who developed the Internet and Web technologies that we use today.

What You Will Learn: After this course you will not take the Internet and Web for granted. You will be better informed about important technological issues currently facing society. You will realize that the Internet and Web are spaces for innovation and you will get a better understanding of how you might fit into that innovation. If you get excited about the material in this course, it is a great lead-in to taking a course in Web design, Web development, programming, or even network administration. At a minimum, you will be a much wiser network citizen.

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5.0Reviewed Apr 25, 2019

Great Instructor! I have learnt alot from this course as well as the instructor. I am thankful to coursera for providing me this opportunity to learn from an instructor like Dr. Charles Severance.

5.0Reviewed Mar 19, 2016

Great course. It gives a good understanding of how the internet works and where it comes from. I really enjoy the interviews with people that lay the foundations of the internet.

5.0Reviewed Nov 11, 2016

Very interesting course. The instructor is really helpful and knowledgeable person. Someone interested in internet should take this course. It's awesome and fun to learn.Best of luck!!!

5.0Reviewed Oct 23, 2015

A excellent overview of Internet History, the underlying technology and a quick tour of SSL/TLS. The interviews with some key folks of internet folklore was an added advantage. Highly recommended.

5.0Reviewed Mar 7, 2021

The course is a very good startup course for those interested in the ins and outs of the Internet. The instructor (Dr. Chuck) is very good in teaching the course and very knowledgeable.

5.0Reviewed Jan 6, 2016

This is an extremely important course. I would love to see it taught in high schools or in the first year of university. We should all understand how the Internet was developed and how it functions.

5.0Reviewed Mar 15, 2018

Dr Chuck is awesome as always, I really learned a lot about the internet's history. Dr Chuck's passion for life and teaching really comes across in his lessons. -- Thank you sir.

5.0Reviewed Aug 17, 2015

Covers an broad, yet manageable scope of computer, network and Internet history followed by an short, understandable taste of the complex scope of cyber security and cryptography.

5.0Reviewed Jun 2, 2016

The video collection in the course is so awesome and is overall so well structured, that once you start watching , you are going to stop only when you are done with the complete course.

5.0Reviewed Jul 19, 2020

Thank you for making me a part of such an awesome course. My special thanks to Dr. Chuck who made his lectures very interesting and fun. Would love to do more courses under him.

5.0Reviewed Jan 1, 2020

The course is not just taught with enthusiasm, but many of the key events are described by people who were directly involved. The course should have something new for almost anyone.

5.0Reviewed Aug 11, 2020

This course was awesome. A combination of the history, sociology and practical architectural / implementation elements of modern digital and internet technology. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks Chuck!

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Jeffrey Jose

5.0

Reviewed Oct 23, 2015

A excellent overview of Internet History, the underlying technology and a quick tour of SSL/TLS. The interviews with some key folks of internet folklore was an added advantage. Highly recommended.

Stacy Bird

5.0

Reviewed Jan 7, 2016

This is an extremely important course. I would love to see it taught in high schools or in the first year of university. We should all understand how the Internet was developed and how it functions.

Syed Azeem Inam

5.0

Reviewed Apr 26, 2019

Great Instructor! I have learnt alot from this course as well as the instructor. I am thankful to coursera for providing me this opportunity to learn from an instructor like Dr. Charles Severance.

Parth Thakker

5.0

Reviewed Jun 4, 2019

Great course. The way Dr. Chuck approaches the course, starting from the history (a detailed view is provided), and then to the actual technology, is great. Loved the course and would recommend it to all people who want to know about the Internet, its history, working and all related aspects.

Jeff Mathis

5.0

Reviewed Jun 14, 2016

Dr. Chuck is the best!! The interviews with the Grandfathers and Innovators of the Internet are AWESOME! I highly recommend this class to everyone, you will definitely enjoy it tremendously.

Diogo Azevedo Pereira Dantas

5.0

Reviewed Jul 5, 2019

It provides several important insights

Xinyuan Gu

5.0

Reviewed Apr 22, 2019

Very accessible and enjoyable.

Thomas Rowlands

5.0

Reviewed Aug 12, 2020

CARLOS AUGUSTO DE LIMA

5.0

Reviewed Apr 6, 2019

Great course to understand why the internet became what it is today.

ベンラミノ

5.0

Reviewed May 22, 2019

un poco dificil pero con un poco de trabajo todo se puede

Zachary Meisner

5.0

Reviewed Dec 24, 2019

I enjoyed this course very much.

Jaspher Kathrine

5.0

Reviewed Apr 24, 2019

Very interactive and detailed.

Corey Milley

5.0

Reviewed May 13, 2019

Dr. Chuck is fantastic in all of his work. I was always curious about networking at larger, but I took this class specifically because of the instructor. I am glad I did. He made the content engaging, digestible, and enjoyable.

Helena Paulasova

5.0

Reviewed Oct 13, 2019

I am a self-taught junior software developer but I got a bachelor's degree in Mathematics. I didn't really know anything about the technology of the Internet, so this course provided a basic knowledge of this topic.

Ann

5.0

Reviewed Aug 19, 2019

Thank you for the informative and fun course, Dr. Chuck. I have learnt to appreciate the wonders of the Internet, and the people who made it happen (and those who continue to make it better).

Jacques Mahoudeaux

5.0

Reviewed May 31, 2020

Very interesting overview of Internet history and deep insight of the vision of creators and main contributors of Web's establishment.

Ludoviko

5.0

Reviewed Aug 22, 2019

I enjoyed the insights and the interviews to the contributors, Dr Chuck made great efforts to explain the course in plain words.

Tong Leo

5.0

Reviewed Oct 1, 2019

Makes me fully understand how the network and the internet comes from.