Replacing paper forms with smart
forms on phones and tablets
Dr. Yaw Anokwa, Dr. Carl Hartung
http://nafundi.com
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Collecting data in low-income regions is difficult.
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Paper is common, but can be very limiting.
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Growth of cellular technology enables innovation
Mobile subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
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ODK uses phones and tablets to digitize data collection.
1. Build form 2. Collect data 3. Aggregate results
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Build: Drag and drop prompts for form creation.
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Collect: Display prompts for data collection.
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Collect: Multiple languages and multimedia ability.
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Aggregate: Host data and provide extraction interfaces.
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Aggregate: Stores or forwards data to external systems.
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1. Build form 2. Collect data 3. Aggregate results
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XLSForm: Build and share forms with Excel
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enketo: Collect data offline in the browser.
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Map View
View the density of submissions with auto-generated hex-bins
Formhub: Aggregate and visualize results.
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1. Build form 2. Collect data 3. Aggregate results
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Jane Goodall Institute uses ODK for forest monitoring.
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Kiva uses ODK to get borrower information.
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Carter Center uses ODK for monitoring elections.
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Carbon For Water collected over 1,000,000 forms
with 4,000 ODK-powered phones in 6 weeks.
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AMPATH’s health workers have used ODK to
counsel and test over 775,000 people for HIV.
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http://vimeo.com/38123850
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Growing number of companies around the platform.
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Collecting data accurately and quickly on paper is difficult.
ODK uses phones and tablets to digitize data collection.
1. Build form 2. Collect data 3. Aggregate results
http://nafundi.com (@nafundi)
http://opendatakit.org (@opendatakit)
http://anokwa.com (@yanokwa)