Exploring Teacher Methodology: Using the Example of Sexual Abuse of Children as a way of Teaching Social Informatics

This paper describes a unique, educational project that was implemented in the undergraduate study of Computer Science in 2002. Nesna University College has been using the example of sexual abuse of children in case study teaching in Social Informatics. The Computer Science education at Nesna University College is the only Computer Science education in the world which has sexual abuse of children as the main topic on the Computer Science curriculum. This exceptional cooperation between Nesna University College, Save the Children Norway and the Norwegian police makes the project not only unique, but might also be a major factor in both the willingness of students to learn Social Informatics and their skills in the various topics of Social Informatics.