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Introduction to module
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Introduction to module
EPIC - Evolving Personalised Information
Construct
◦ flash online movie made by Robin Sloan for
the Museum of Media History
Ice Breaker - general discussion
◦ How networks impact our daily lives
◦ Role of data networking in human networks
◦ Opportunities and Challenges posed by
modern computer networks
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Rashmi Dravid
Newton N305
Tel: 01604 893338
Email: [email protected]
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Understanding Principles on How Computers
Communicate
Emphasis on Concepts
What and How about Internet
Types of network
Network Devices
Network addressing
Internet Model
Cisco Certification
◦ CCNA Exploration
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Lecture + Lab delivery
◦ Lecture – 1 hour
Common for all groups
◦ Practical – 1 hour
For individual groups
Tutorial
Lab-based practical activity
Seminar
Directed Personal Study
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Two elements
◦ In-course Assignment: 50%
Portfolio of lab work
Tasks integrate skills learnt in practical sessions
◦ TCA (Time Constrained Assignment) : 50%
Close book assessment based on a case study
Refer to Assessment Schedule
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This module objectives of Network
Fundamentals – first course in CCNAExploration are integrated
Access to online curriculum made available
◦ End-of-chapter assessments posted each week
◦ Practical sheets adapted where relevant
End of course exam made available
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Lecture notes on module web page and NILE
◦ www.computing.northampton.ac.uk/~rashmi/csy1017
Cisco online material
◦ http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/netacad/index.html
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Available at Avenue Library
Compter Networking –
James Kurose and Keith Ross
Addison Wesley, 4th edition
Computer Networks and Internet with Internet
Applications
Prentice Hall, Fifth edition
Computer Networks,
Fourth edition
By Andrew Tannenbaum
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Attendance
◦ Cause for concern, if < 75%
Three stages – stage 1,2,3
Punctuality
Engagement with module
◦ Active participation during session
Collaboration
◦ Interact with your peers
Commitment
◦ Ownership of learning
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Meet people with common interests in the subject
area
Become member of professional bodies and
attend their events
◦ BCS (British Computer Society)
Information posted on webpage
◦ IEEE
◦ IET
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Questions?
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Discuss with your peers
◦ How networks impact our daily lives
◦ Role of data networking in human networks
◦ Identify the
A. Opportunities presented
Challenges posed
by modern networks
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Epic 2014 is the original flash online movie made by Robin
Sloan for the Museum of Media History
http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/
What are the major landmarks?
Set in 2014 Epic 2014 charts the history of the Internet,
the evolving mediascape and
the way news and newspapers were affected by the growth in online
news.
It coined the word "Googlezon" from a future merger of Google and
Amazon to form
◦ the Google grid, and
speaks of news wars with the Times becoming a print only paper for
the elite culminating in EPIC
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Using information networks to share and
collaborate improves teaching and learning
popular communication media
– Instant messaging
• Real time communication
between 2 or more
people based on typed text
– Weblogs (Blogs)
• Web pages created
by an individual
– Podcasting
• Website that contains
audio files available
for downloading
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Connectivity
◦ Speed, data rate, bandwidth
Quality
Availability
◦ Fault Tolerance
Redundancy, backup..
◦ Recovery
Mitigating Threat
◦ Security
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Introduction to networks lab
◦ General introduction to Cisco Academy Program
◦ Network hardware in the lab
◦ login on lab machines
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Computer Network Architectures
◦ Types
Centralised Systems
Distributed Systems
Client Server
Peer-to-peer
◦ Characteristics
Tiered Structure
◦ Communication networks components
◦ Challenges
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