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.
How to cite
If you want to refer to the physical card set or the website, please use this citation:
HBO-i. (n.d.). ICT Research Methods - Methods pack for research in ICT. ICT Research Methods. Retrieved July 10, 2026, from https://ictresearchmethods.nl/
Contributing
If you have suggestions for improving this website, we welcome your ideas. Please contact the steering committee.
Credits
All of the contents of this website and the physical methods pack have been realised as, and are maintained by HBO-i projects.
Steering committee
The steering committee is the current maintaining body. You can contact them through this form.
- Vincent Kreuzen (Avans)
- Tom Langhorst (Fontys)
- Ralph Niels (HAN)
Authors
Over the years, several people have been contributing to the contents of the ICT Research Methods Pack and this website. In alphabetical order, they are:
- Wilco Bonestroodefault set
- Petra Heckmachine learning
- Vincent Kreuzenpatterns
- Tom Langhortpatterns ethical cards
- Jeroen Linssenmachine learning
- Marcel Meestersdefault set
- Ralph Nielsdefault set machine learning patterns website
- Jan Dirk Schagendefault set
- Koen van Turnhoutdefault set DOT framework
- Rens van der Vorstethical cards
Illustrations and design
All illustrations have been created by Laura Henneke. The original website design is by Jochem Vogel.
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