Ratings and Reviews for Internet History, Technology, and Security

I've been working on the Internet since before there was a WWW, so I didn't necessarily expect to learn much, but in fact this was highly informative. The history part was mostly familiar, but it was helpful to have everything laid out clearly on a timeline. The technology and security portions did a great deal to clarify my previously vague understandings of how things work. And, I especially liked the "graduation ceremony" at the end. This is the first MOOC I've taken that included a graduation, and it was a nice touch.

Final exam was a little bit too much, but maybe it would have been easier, if I hadn't binge-learned the material. Anyway, thanks Dr. Chuck. Always a pleasure.

Good stuff. Informative overview and fun teacher

I thought this was a good foundation course, providing a great introduction to how the internet came into being, how it actually works and the basic security processes.

Outstanding. Can't wait to start my next class with Dr. Chuck!

Great course and great tutor. Provides with great background to Internet history and present.

Great content and well paced lectures

Dr. Chuck is a great teacher. This was my first Coursera course, and I am super happy! Thanks! I learned a lot, and enjoyed it!

Excellent course! It's a great way to learn how all the web started and to know a lot of people who actually made it possible.

Perhaps it's just that I'm not a part of the target audience of this course, but I am deeply dissatisfied with it. Aside from a couple of rare interviews and old video records [which admittedly were very interesting, though too few], I found nothing of value that cannot be learned by reading Wikipedia or other easily accessible sources. The course is pretty light on technical details and there could [and perhaps should] have been much more beyond-the-scenes content, as well as references to specific documents and events in order to justify this course's existence. In other words, if you are a techie and are indeed interested in this topic, chances are that you already know most of the material taught.