Sunday 1 February 2009

History of the Internet

I came across this rather lovely 8 minute film that explains how the Internet came into being. Its production values are reminiscent of a 1970s Open University TV show, which appealed to me as I'm about to begin an MA in Online and Distance Education with the OU; although the learning environment is rather more dynamic now than the shows I caught on TV as a youngster.

Anyway, this gives a great background to the system that allows us now to communicate visual, auditory and text based data with the minimum of fuss. It's worth watching to the end. Enjoy.


2 comments:

Sunny said...

thanks for sharing

Dan Felstead said...

Sacha,

8 minutes well spent. WOW, we have come a long way! Can you imagine what this will look like 50 years...no 10 years from now?

Dan