The following is a recommended structure for the class. Students should complete the required readings before coming to class. The lecture is meant to reinforce what they learned in the readings and the exercises are designed to apply what they learned in the readings and the lecture. The following breakdown is designed for a three-hour class. Lecturers can adapt the structure based on their needs and class times.
Lecture (10 minutes):
Lecture (40 minutes):
Lecture (10 minutes):
Case Study Discussion (20 minutes):
Use the questions in " Exercise # 2 - Case Study: The Absence of Cybercrime Laws" to facilitate discussion on the topic. To prepare for this exercise, students should complete the " Web exercise: SHERLOC" under "Student assessment" [* Note: this web exercise should be assigned to students before the class].
Time: 10 minutes
Lecture (20 minutes):
Class Exercise (20 minutes):
Based on the " Group exercise: Substantive and Procedural Cybercrime Laws" under "Student assessment", have student groups discuss their findings in class. This assignment is designed to apply what they learned from the sections " Role of cybercrime law", " Harmonization of laws", " International and regional instruments" and " Core reading". [* Reminder: This group exercise needs to be completed before class].
Lecture (30 minutes):
[* Do not forget to include the student assessment material in your lecture (" Knowledge Check"). This material asks students to identify whether a form of communication is protected or unprotected speech].
Case Study Discussion (20 minutes):
Use the questions in " Exercise # 1 - Case Study: Online Shaming and Human Rights" to facilitate discussion on the topic. [Optional: Also include questions in " Exercise # 3 - Case Study: Freedom of Expression and Cybercrime Law" in the discussion on the topic.]
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