This is one of several on-line tutorials offered by the Center for the Advancment of Teaching.

Presentations

• A Brisk History of the Internet (requires Flash)
• A Brisk History of the Web (requires Flash)

After viewing these presentations, you should understand the difference between the net and the web, an esoteric distinction understood by less than 1/10th of 1% of the global population.

Self-Tutorial

A Web browser tutorial (focusing on Netscape version 4.7) is available in the following formats:

• PDF [56 Kb] (requires Acrobat Reader)
• Microsoft Word [76 Kb] (requires Word 2000)

It's recommend that you download the tutorial and print it.

The tutorial was last updated on July 14, 2000.

Relevant links

• A Brief History of the Internet
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline
• A Little History of the World Wide Web
• The Living Internet
• Open Directory Project
• Google