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OpenDataKitAsetofopensourcetoolstohelp
organiza3onscollect,aggregateandvisualizetheirrichdata.
h8p://code.google.com/p/open-data-kit
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Organiza.onsindeveloping
regionsinefficientlycollect
mostlytextualdata
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Currentpaper-basedprocessesareinefficient,but
movingtoelectronicsystemshasproblems
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DataCollec.onProblems
Currentprac3ceispaper-basedforms
Physicalcollec3ontendstobeslowandexpensive
Datatranscrip3onerrorsareplen3ful
Noaccesstorelevanthistoricaldata
Significantlag3metousableinforma3on
Movingtoelectronicdeviceshasproblems
Limitedprocessing,storage,transmissiononPDAS
Noloca3onandmul3mediaonbasicphones
Hardtosetupandmaintaindatabases
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Yourgoalsforyoursolu.on?
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ProjectGoals
Maketoolsmodularandcustomizablesotheycanbeeasilyadaptedandcomposed.
Buildonopeninterfacesandstandardssothatsolu3onsarenotexpensivelysiloed.
Establishdatacollec3ontoolswhichcanevolveeasilywithtechnology.
Buildanopensourcecommunitytodrivetheproject.
Withmobilephonegrowth
comesinfrastructurethat
makesthispossible
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Howdoyoucollectdata?
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ODKCollect
FormsarebasedontheOpenRosaXFormsstandard
andsupportavarietyofdata
types,likeloca3on,photos,
audio,video,andbarcodes.
Datacanbesenttoany
OpenRosacompa3bleserver.
ODKCollect,ourAndroidclient,rendersaform,survey,oralgorithmintopromptsthatsupportcomplexlogic,input
constraints,repea3ngques3ons,andmul3plelanguages.
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Wheredoyoustorethedata?
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ODKAggregate
ODKAggregateisaready-to-deploycloudserverthathostsformsandsubmi8edresultsandprovides
interfacestoextractdatasuchasspreadsheets,queries,
andmaps.
Aggregateisbuilton
GooglesAppEngine,a
free,reliableand
scalableservicewhere
eachorganiza3onis
responsiblefortheirown
instance.
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Examplesofdeployments?
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AsharedphoneoperatorinUganda
collectscustomerfeedback
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GrameenAppLabinUganda
ODKCollecthasbeenusedbyAppLabsinceNovember200bysharedphoneoperators(SPO)inruralUgandacollec3ng1000sofsurveys.
TheSPOssurveytheircustomersaboutavailablephone-basedservicesandtheresultsareusedtoguidethedevelopmentofserviceslikeGoogle'sClinicFinderandFarmer'sFriend.
Oneusernotedthatunliketheiroldpapersurveys,"Thesurveyprocessisreal0measopposedtothepaperformswherewehadtowaitforamonthtobepickedup...".
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AHIVcounselorscansapa.ents
demographicinforma.onintoODKCollect
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HIVCounselorsinKenya
AMPATHisthelargestHIVtreatmentprograminsub-SaharanAfricaandisKenya'smostcomprehensiveini3a3vetocombatHIV.
Overthenexttwoyears,ODKCollectwillbeusedinahome-basedtes3ngandcounselingprogramwherehundredsofphoneswillbeusedtosurvey,trainandfollowupmillionsofpeople.
Thecollecteddatawillbesubmi8edtoOpenMRS,amedicalrecordssystem,foranalysisandfollowup.
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SuruitribemembersintheAmazon
monitortheforestwithODKtools
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ForestMonitoringinBrazil
TheBrazilianForestServiceispilo3ngODKfor
in-situmonitoringoftheBrazilianrainforest.
ODKCollectwillbeusedtoconfirmsatellite
imageryoftheforestanddocumentforest
structurethroughouttheAmazon.
ODKAggregatewillbeusedtogeneratelive
upda3ngGoogleMapswithgeocodedimages
andsurveydata.
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Othersincludedecisionsupportforpa.entsinTanzania,
documen.ngwarcrimesintheCentralAfricanRepublic,
andmonitoringschoolaendanceinIndia
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OtherDeployments
Trackingconserva3oneffortsinTanzania
SurveyinganimalhealthinZanzibar
Crea3ngtoolsforentrepreneursinColumbia
StudyingbusinessesinSouthAfrica
MoreexpectedinGhana,Vietnam,Cambodia,
Peru,andEgypt
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Apa.entcheckshispersonalphone
forcallsandtextmessages
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UpcomingTools
Voicebasedformsforautomatedfollowup
Remotelymanageformsandapplica3onsondevices
Simpledraganddropformdesigner
Onphonepa3entportalforclinicians
Local(non-cloud)serverstorage
Taskassignmentandworkflowmanagement
Visualiza3onandrepor3ngofcollecteddata
Usableencryp3onforstorageandtransfer
Externalsensorstoenablefieldmedicaldeviceslikeultrasoundsandstethoscopes
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Whataboutthecommunity?
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Anexternaldevelopergathersuser
feedbackinaruralvillageinKenya
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GrowingCommunity
Developersarecheckingincodeandimplementersarehelpingeachother.
Organiza3onsaslargeasGoogle.orgaretraining
theirstaffandothersonODK.
UniversityofWashingtonisteachingagrad/ugradclassonextendingODKsfunc3onality.
Papersanddemosarebeingpublishedinacademic
conferencesandthepublicpress.
Cost/benefittradeoffsarebeingmeasuredandsmartphonesseemworththeinvestment.
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Anythingelse?
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OpenDataKit
Text,loca3onandmul3mediadatacollec3onforAndroiddevices
JavaRosa Textualdatacollec3onforlower-endJ2MEphones
Commcare
Mobilesupportforcommunityhealthworkersonlow-endphones
RapidSMS
Massscaledatacollec3on,logis3csandcommunica3onviaSMS
RapidAndroid Dataandlogis3csSMSserverthatrunsonAndroid
Ushahidi Crowdsourcingcrisisinforma3onviaSMS
Geochat Mobilefieldcommunica3onsandsitua3onalandawareness
Mesh4X Seamlessinforma3onsharingacrossdevicesandplaorms
Mobilisr Enterpriseopensourcemobilemessaging
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h8p://change.washington.edu
ODKisaresultofChangeagroupatthe
UniversityofWashingtonexploringhow
technologycanimprovethelivesofunderservedpopula3onsinthedevelopingworld.
ODK is possible thanks to generous support from Google and the
University of Washington.
