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A Community-Driven Future for Open Data Kit

Nafundi
May 24, 2017
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A Community-Driven Future for Open Data Kit

A Community-Driven Future for Open Data Kit (ODK)

Open Data Kit (ODK) replaces paper surveys with smartphones. ODK tools are open-source and are primarily used by social good organizations to collect data quickly, accurately, offline, and at scale. ODK has been used to collect billions of data points around the world. Projects include:

* The Carter Center uses ODK to get the real-time data needed to assess elections. Over the last six years, ODK has been used to monitor elections in Liberia, Egypt, Libya, Kenya, Nepal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, and Tunisia. Video: https://goo.gl/FVg4Ru

* Hutan Aceh in Indonesia is home to tigers, elephants, orangutans and rhinos. EIA International and local activists protect Hutan Aceh by documenting forest crimes with ODK. The geo-tagged forms, rich with photos, provide the evidence needed to save habitat. Video: https://goo.gl/eIMzRM

* For governments working to end polio, access to accurate and timely information makes a world of difference. ODK is used in Jordan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and South Sudan as a key tool in mass polio vaccination campaign quality control. Video: https://goo.gl/AisNUh

ODK was designed for novice users in challenging environments (e.g., offline villages in Kenya or under heavy canopy in the Amazon) and its robustness in these environments has driven the platform’s adoption and evolution. Additionally, the choice to build an open source community around ODK has allowed it to benefit from volunteer and paid contributions from users, implementers, and developers.

In this talk, Yaw Anokwa and Hélène Martin, two of the leaders of the ODK community discuss the problems that inspired ODK’s design, demonstrate the impact the tools are having, and describe how the IFD&TC community can contribute to an open-source, community-driven future for mobile data collection tools.


Nafundi creates technologies that improve the lives of the underserved. Our current focus is designing, building, deploying, and supporting mobile data collection systems that work well in challenging environments. Yaw Anokwa, Nafundi’s CEO, co-founded and co-leads the ODK project with the University of Washington. Hélène Martin, Nafundi’s CTO, leads much of the technical work on the popular ODK 1.0 tools. Find out more at https://nafundi.com.

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May 24, 2017
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  1. A Community-Driven Future for Open Data Kit Yaw Anokwa –

    [email protected] Hélène Martin – [email protected] Open Data Kit – https://opendatakit.org Nafundi – https://nafundi.com ! "
  2. ODK replaces paper forms with mobile devices 1. Build form

    2. Collect data 3. Aggregate results
  3. 1. Build form 2. Collect data 3. Aggregate results ODK

    replaces paper forms with mobile devices
  4. NTD-SC has collected 50 million data points in 40 countries

    "This would not be possible without data being processed and analyzed so quickly."
  5. WHO EMRO and AFRO use ODK to monitor campaign quality

    "[ODK] is saving us valuable time and helping to improve campaign effectiveness."
  6. Cameroon collected 80,000 forms with 400 enumerators in a week

    "Easy data collection and analysis...huge, wonderful, and meaningful database"
  7. UW CSE has been the home of Open Data Kit

    since 2008 http://lazowska.cs.washington.edu/Ed.LaCasse.small
  8. • Mitigate software discontinuation risks • Reduce wheel reinvention, share

    limited resources • Focus on unique strengths, customize for context • Diverse voices contribute feature ideas • Lots of eyes on the source code Benefits of open source software
  9. Effort to build an ecosystem has paid off Enketo: Collect

    data in web browser XLSForm: Design forms in Excel
  10. • Use, develop and contribute to open source software •

    Add ODK to your toolbox • Contribute to ODK Calls to action
  11. Questions? Yaw Anokwa – [email protected] Hélène Martin – [email protected] Open

    Data Kit – https://opendatakit.org Nafundi – https://nafundi.com ! "