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Objectives: This study is responding to the needs of higher education to some interdisciplinary and applied courses such as information technology ethics. To do this, we considered only the students of educational technology. Methodology: First, with studying all aspects references, especially upper documentation, present and future components in technology ethics were obtained in Iran. With respect to the obtained components, questionnaire was designed in two forms for students and teachers. After experts and students of educational technology course filled the questionnaire, the result was analyzed and topics were determined and based on this, technology ethic course, based on fundamental principles of camp model, was designed. Findings: Based on teachers and students need analysis the assessment and analysis of documents and available resources, objectives and lesson topics of IT ethics and priority of lesson topics obtained. Results: Based on assessing the result of students need analysis and experts' opinion analysis and based on obtained lesson topics, objectives were determined and based on Kemp model, IT ethics were designed. In these design available fundamental steps in this model specialized for IT ethics course.

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