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Summary 2. Privacy and Freedom of Speech

2. Privacy and Freedom of Speech is important to all technology users. We think of privacy primarily with respect to the internet and online communications. However, as we have seen in the module, we need to think more broadly as many other technologies can impact our privacy and freedom of speech. We will explore these later in the course.

Learning to Learn - Learning Literacy is a DeAnza initiative to promote lifelong learning. You can learn anything, anytime anywhere if you have a few basic learning literacy skills. We introduce these skills and provide practice throughout this course in addition to the regular course content.

Your Responsibility - The key element of Learning to learn is taking responsibility for your own learning. Questions are good. However, some of you are asking good questions that you can find the answers to yourself right now. I am happy to talk about your questions and help you find ways to find the answers yourself. That's my job.

Grading - As you submit work through the module, it may be graded before the deadline if it satisfies the requirements for that activity as described in the Assignments for the module.

Working ahead - You can work ahead if you want to. Check back to discussions when modules are current to see what others are contributing as shared work is an important part of the course.

Discussion posts - How much is enough information to include in your discussion submissions? Usually a link to a resource (if required) and 3-4 sentences that provide some specific information about the discussion topic. The module Assignments description of the discussion activity outlines the specific requirements and may include prompt questions. These should not be a complete rewrite of all the information in the resource. Your comments should let others know enough for them to decide they want to learn more. Like a movie trailer.

Suggestions. - If you have an idea for how the course can be more interesting and relevant, please let me know. Your feedback and suggestions are appreciated. The course is always evolving so updates and enhances are included as they come up. This is great for you and this class. Students in future semesters benefit as well.

Questions - Please let me know if you have questions. It is usually faster to find answers for yourself. Practice using search and picking a few keywords to find something helpful. This is an important skill to develop. But don't get too frustrated. Try 2-3 searches with several keywords. Also, look at results on the second or third page of results. Look to see if there are other keywords that get better search results and try again with these keywords. If you are still having trouble finding an answer, I am happy to help.

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'''Module 3. Intellectual Property'''

Intellectual Property  (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. Intellectual property encompasses two types of rights: industrial property rights (trademarks, patents, designations of origin, industrial designs and models) and copyright.