Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World
The ability to collect data is key to the success of many organizations operating in the developing world. Given the weaknesses of current tools and the surge in mobile phone growth, there's an opportunity for mobile and cloud technologies to enable timely and efficient data collection. This pa...
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| author | Anokwa, Yaw Hartung, Carl Brunette, Waylon Borriello, Gaetano Lerer, Adam |
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| description | The ability to collect data is key to the success of many organizations operating in the developing world. Given the weaknesses of current tools and the surge in mobile phone growth, there's an opportunity for mobile and cloud technologies to enable timely and efficient data collection. This paper discusses Open Data Kit (ODK), a suite of tools that enable efficient and timely data collection on cell phones. ODK is designed to let users own, visualize, and share data without the difficulties of setting up and maintaining servers. The tools are easy to use, deploy, and scale. They also go beyond open source - they're based on open standards and supported by a larger community. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/588822022-10-01T06:12:49Z Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World Anokwa, Yaw Hartung, Carl Brunette, Waylon Borriello, Gaetano Lerer, Adam Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lerer, Adam Lerer, Adam Data collection Human-centered computing Invisible computing Mobile/Wireless The ability to collect data is key to the success of many organizations operating in the developing world. Given the weaknesses of current tools and the surge in mobile phone growth, there's an opportunity for mobile and cloud technologies to enable timely and efficient data collection. This paper discusses Open Data Kit (ODK), a suite of tools that enable efficient and timely data collection on cell phones. ODK is designed to let users own, visualize, and share data without the difficulties of setting up and maintaining servers. The tools are easy to use, deploy, and scale. They also go beyond open source - they're based on open standards and supported by a larger community. 2010-10-05T20:31:01Z 2010-10-05T20:31:01Z 2009-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0018-9162 INSPEC Accession Number: 10909731 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58882 Anokwa, Y. et al. “Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World.” Computer 42.10 (2009): 97-99. ©2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2009.328 Computer Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE |
| spellingShingle | Data collection Human-centered computing Invisible computing Mobile/Wireless Anokwa, Yaw Hartung, Carl Brunette, Waylon Borriello, Gaetano Lerer, Adam Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World |
| title | Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World |
| title_full | Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World |
| title_fullStr | Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World |
| title_short | Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World |
| title_sort | open source data collection in the developing world |
| topic | Data collection Human-centered computing Invisible computing Mobile/Wireless |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58882 |
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