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1 Introduction to the Origins of the Internet
e-Learning may be defined as, "The use of network technologies to create,
foster, deliver, and facilitate learning, anytime and anywhere." e-
Learning is a growing phenomenon resulting from the capabilities afforded
to us by the Internet. To begin describing what e-Learning represents, we
shall first briefly trace the history of the Internet.
The Internet is a global collection of networks, whose beginnings can be
traced back to the 1960s, when packet-switching networks came into
operation in Europe. ... It was then that services such as e-mail were first
introduced. ...
These events marked the very beginnings of e-Learning.
USENET, a bulletin board service developed in the 1970s, contributed
largely to the growth of the Internet via independent servers and thereby
allowing greater freedom in the exchange of ideas and information including
certain subjects which were considered taboo and forbidden on the main
ARPANET servers. The rapid spread of personal computers from the late
1970s to 1980s presented the Internet to a larger audience. Fuelling this
growth was the inception of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) in 1988. ... With this in place, numerous web pages began
appearing on the WWW, and in 1995 large Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
such as America OnLine and CompuServe offered Internet access to the
masses, and the Internet was born.
e-Learning is a revolutionary method of education that utilizes the
Internets ability to transfer data and information almost instantaneously
across the globe to offer students learning materials online, without the
need for a physical classroom setting. We shall discuss the technology
behind e-Learning, its growth factors, its implications on education, and
its future in this paper.
2 The Technology behind the Internet & e-Learning
The Internet is a hierarchy of networks. ... An ISP provides
Internet access to a network of computers, and is itself connected to
larger networks.
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