Understanding the Internet
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Criteria:
- 90% completion of the course contents (include quiz/discussion)
Course Contents
This course is made up with 4 weeks of learning.
- Week 1 What is the Internet?
- Introduction
- How is the world connected?
- What is digital data?
- The Foundation of the Internet
- How does Data Travel on the Internet?
- Summary of the Week 1
- Week 2 How is the Internet working?
- Design of the Internet
- Quality of the Internet
- Technology for the Internet Infrastructure
- Summary of the Week 2
- Week 3 Applications on the Internet
- Welcome to Week 3
- Client-Server Model
- Secure Communication
- Network Engineering
- Network Computing
- Summary of the Week 3
- Week 4 Internet Based Society
- Welcome to Week 4
- Global Collaboration for Internet Technology
- Global Coordination for the Internet Operation
- Global collaboration for Governance
- REN – Research and Education Network
- Challenges to the Global Cyberspace
- Summary of the Course
Course achievement
Badge holder is able to…
- Explain what is the Internet
- Explain how the Internet is running
- Describe the technology behind the Internet
- Discuss the importance of global collaboration to make the Internet
- Discuss the individual responsibility for the future Internet
- Discuss the future of the Internet
- Evaluate your internet connectivity
- Investigate the network problem in your house
- Debate privacy and security issues related to the Internet
- Explore your career in the Internet industry