About
As an ICT student or professional, you need to solve all kind of ICT challenges. Answering the questions and tackling the problems or opportunities of your ICT project requires research and often a combination of various ICT research methods. The toolkit on this website offers you a set of possible research methods and a framework to select the appropriate (combination of) methods.
The ICT Research Methods Pack is a card set with research methods for design-oriented research within ICT, developed by HBO-i . The set is suitable for use within ICT courses such as the broad ICT bachelor, business informatics or technical information. With the set you can orientate yourself on research methods and plan your project. The methods contained in the map set fit with the different research strategies of the Methods Map Practical Research, an internationally recognized framework for design research.
Disclaimer
The creator of this app does not own any of this content. All the ICT Research Methods on this website are a digital copy of the research methods in the physical ICT Methodspack. That one can be purchased via https://www.studystore.nl/p/9990002067426/ict-methodspack.
Licensing
All of its contents and the physical Methods pack have been realised as, and are maintained by HBO-i projects.
The Method cards (except the domain specific cards) were written by:
- Wilco Bonestroo
- Marcel Meesters
- Ralph Niels
- Jan Dirk Schagen
- Koen van Turnhout
All Method cards were illustrated by Laura Henneke
How to cite
If you want to refer to the physical card set, please use this citation:
Bonestroo, W.J., Meesters, M., Niels, R., Schagen, J.D., Henneke, L., Turnhout, K. van (2018): ICT Research Methods. HBO-i, Amsterdam. ISBN/EAN: 9990002067426. Available from: https://www.studystore.nl/p/9990002067426/ict-methodspack.
About this app
As mentioned before: all the content is already available, so why this app? Well.. personally I don't bring the physical pack with me all the time. Now I can access the ICT Research Methods all the time. Besides that not every bought the physical methods pack. I mean. You should, but you don't have to.
With this app I hope I can encourage students to use the ICT Research Methods in a fun way. You can easily search for methods, use the app as PWA on your phone and even view your saved methods offline.
Oh and btw, there is a CMD + K search and a dark mode. I mean: what else do you need?
Future
This app is still in development, so you might see some changes in the near future.
Contributing
I open sourced the project, so other people can implement their own improvements. Enjoy! ✌️