Exercise: Write Your Case Study Research Questions

Once you have identified the key issues that you need to explore to move your project forward, you can begin to formulate concrete research questions. Take a look at the examples below, and try to write one or more research questions that apply to your own project. In getting started, try to formulate what you want to know as 'how', 'why', 'what' or 'to what extent' questions.

Example:

How are teachers and learners using the resources on my site?

Your own question(s):

How...

Example:

What incentives exist for facilitating authors’ ability to contribute content?

Your own question(s):

What...

Example:

Why do some funders participate in my project while others do not?

Your own question(s):

Why...

Pointers

• Your research questions should be answerable within a set amount of time and lead to actionable outcomes. They should be specific rather than broad.

• Your research questions should ideally be answerable through existing resources available to your project.