A research plan is essentially a map or description of the research you are planning on undertaking. A traditional research plan includes: topic, background, objectives, methods, data and execution. It should also demonstrate that the author is familiar with his/her topic and related research. Essentially, a research plan tells those people approving your research project, exactly what you are going to do and how you're going to archive it.
This can involve:
Below you will find some useful links and tools to preparing your research plan.
The following to videos, pulled out of the Lynda.com course Learning Design Research, will help you understand how to put together a Design Research Plan - by presenting a challenge and the solution to creating this kind of document.
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