Network Communication

Participant Learning Outcomes

• Explain how the Internet works.
• Distinguish the world wide web from the Internet.
• Understand that information is broken down into smaller pieces, transmitted as packets through multiple devices over networks and the Internet, and reassembled at the destination. (Packet Switching)
• Introduce efficiency, reliability, scalability, and security as core design principles to the Internet.
• Understand that protocols are the rules governing how data is transmitted across networks and the Internet. (Protocols/Seven layer OSI model)
• Identify impacts of widespread access to the Internet. (e.g., net neutrality)