Mobile Information collection have always been an integral part of development work. In the past, these tasks were performed with paper and pen, which made them prone to error, difficult to conduct on a large scale, and high in transaction costs. Advances in information technology have opened exciting new avenues for how research is conducted and data collected, with huge implications to monitoring and evaluation (M&E). One of these advances is the use of Mobile Data Collection (MDC). Instead of collecting data on paper using a pen, which is then manually entered into a database for analysis, data is input into a device which is then capable of exporting directly into a centralized database for processing and analysis. Open Data Kit (ODK) is a suite of tools that allows data collection using Android mobile devices and data submission to an online server. This training will equip the participants with skills to author, field and manage mobile data collection platform using ODK. If you have always wanted to learn how to collect, manage and analyze project data using mobile devices, this training course is for you. This training course also comes with additional GIS modules to help participants put the skills acquired into perspective. The GIS module will help participants to work with spatial data.
The role and purpose of research design
Types of research designs
The research process
Which method to choose?
Exercise: Identify a project of choice and developing a research design
Types of surveys
The survey process
Survey design
Methods of survey sampling
Determining the Sample size
Planning a survey
Conducting the survey
After the survey
Exercise: Planning for a survey based on the research design selected
Introduction to Mobile Data gathering
Benefits of Mobile Applications
Data and types of Data
Introduction to common mobile based data collection platforms
Managing devices
Challenges of Data Collection
Data aggregation, storage and dissemination
Types of questions
Data types for each question
Types of questionnaire or Form logic
Extended data types geoid, image and multimedia
Design forms using a web interface using:
ODK Build
Koboforms
PurcForms
Hands-on Exercise
Installing applications: ODK Collect
Using Google play
Manual install (apk files)
Configuring the device (Mobile Phones)
Uploading the form into the mobile devices
Hands-on Exercise
Introduction to XLS forms syntax
New data types
Notes and dates
Multiple choice Questions
Multiple Language Support
Hints and Metadata
Hands-on Exercise
Conditional Survey Branching
Required questions
Constraining responses
Skip: Asking Relevant questions
The specify other
Grouping questions
Skipping many questions at once (Skipping a section)
Repeating a set of questions
Special formatting
Making dynamic calculations
ODK Aggregate
Ormhub
ona.io
KoboToolbox
Uploading forms to the server
Downloading data
Manual download (ODK Briefcase)
Using the online server interface
Introduction to GIS for Researchers and data scientists
The course gives the participants the knowledge, tools and techniques to gather data for project/program using innovative Mobile data gathering Technology. At the end of the course, you will become familiar with using ICT tools and methods to conduct data collection, statistical analysis and reporting.
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