History of the revolution of Internet and Web-based Instruction Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rozinah Jamaludin 31 December 2009

Topics of discussion History of the revolution of Internet Definitions of Web-based Instruction Functions of World Wide Web Good and Bad Websites Discussions of course requirements and assessments

History of the revolution of Internet Arpanet: the 1 st network 1958: Advanced Research Project Agency Mission: “to assure that the US maintains a lead in applying state-of-the art technology for military capabilities and to present technological surprise from her adversaries” 1968 hosts, IMPs, lines Decentralised atomic bomb proof.

Internet: the 1 st network- technology- protocols Lack of planned direction, demonstrable ownership or authoratative control TCP/IP = Net Interworked network of computers The Internet is a global information system of interconnected networks that relies on the fundamental communicatio protocols of TCP/IP.

The Internet: bulletin board FidoNet- Network of BB UUCP- Unix to Unix copy program USENET BITNET – listserv CSNET CREN- French – European link

The Internet: Commercialization 1990’s ISPs – Compuserve, AOL, Prodigy 1991 – WWW 1994 – Mosaic- graphical browser 1995 – Netscape standard Domain names

Data Transfer File Transfer - transferring large amounts of data across the Internet. A computer file can be ed to customers, colleagues and friends as an attachment. It can be uploaded to a website or FTP server for easy download by other.computer file edattachmentwebsite FTP Streaming media - act that many existing radio and television broadcasters promote Internet "feeds" of their live audio and video streams (for example, the BBC). Podcasting is a variation on this theme, where—usually audio—material is downloaded and played back on a computer or shifted to a portable media player to be listened to on the move.BBCPodcastingportable media player Webcams can be seen as an even lower-budget extension of this phenomenon. YouTube was founded on 15 February 2005 and is now the leading website for free streaming video with a vast number of users. WebcamsYouTube

The Internet: Communication - around longer than the Internet and networking. Most commonly used network service across all ages, races, economic groups, geographic regions and types of users. Success: simplicity? Bringing people closer together? No distance? Advantages: get to the point fast, limited small talk, preserved record, asynchronous (like post).

The Internet: Communication -Chat Simple cyberspace interaction used in business and personal Allows 1:1 or 1: many conversations No geographic constraints Chat: synchronous, more like telephone IRC: Internet Relay Chat: Open Source, oldest chat technology. Instant Messenger- users must have same client (AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ) Webpage chat- hosted on a web page uses a java applet.

Games Entertainment- training- education Spacewars- Adventure- Oldest computer games- action like a science project M.U.D. – Multi Users Dungeon – fantasy and role playing Traditional games are also adapted to the Internet.

Virtual Reality Live and work in cyberspace M.U.D- meetings, business Real time work environment No geographic work constraints Room to accommodate as many people as necessary Adaptable environment Total control of who’s there Record events and conversations

Accessibility Common methods of Internet access in homes include dial-up, landline broadband (over coaxial cable, fiber optic or copper wires),Internet access dial-upbroadbandfiber optic Wi-Fi, satellite and 3G technology cell phones Wi-Fisatellite3Gcell phones Wi-Fi provides wireless access to computer networks, and therefore can do so to the Internet itself. Hotspots providing such access includeHotspots Wi-Fi cafes, where would-be users need to bring their own wireless-enabled devices such as a laptop or PDA. Wi-Fi cafeslaptopPDA Smartphones come with Internet access through the phone network.

Social Impact The Internet has enabled entirely new forms of social interaction, activities, and organizing, thanks to its basic features such as widespread usability and access. Social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace have created a new form of socialization and interaction.Social networkingFacebookMySpace

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That’s all for now, Happy New Year. Thank Q.