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Open Data Kit (ODK)

Thu, 06/24/2010 - 16:01 | by henriterhofte
Last edit: Tue, 03/15/2011 - 15:20 | by henriterhofte

Open Data Kit (ODK) is an Android-based mobile forms filling application (ODK Collect), which is designed for forms-based observation using forms that support textual, audio, image, video, barcode and GPS answers. Data is sent to an OpenRosa compliant forms server. ODK Aggerate is one such server, which is hosted on Google App Engine. The ODK Manage tool is provided to manage deployed devices. 

Generic
Pros for this tool: 

Cons for this tool: 

Tool type: 
Measurement tool

Supported techniques: 
Observation

 
Survey

Data Export: 
CSV

 
Excel

Expertise needed: 

Related tools: 

Remarks 
ODK Visualize

Website tool: 
opendatakit

Manufacturer: 
University of Washington Change group

Contact: 
Yaw Anokawa

License: 
Open source

Remarks 
Apache License 2.0

Cost: 
free

Tool class: 

Software platform(s) supported: 
Android

 
Other

Remarks 
ODK Collect: Android; ODK Aggregate: Google Apps Engine

Hardware platform(s) supported: 

Measurement tool
Data collection
Data collected: 
self-report data

 
observational data

 
context data

Diary Logger: 
Yes

Remarks 
capture: forms that support textual, audio, image, video, barcode and GPS answers; actually the forms are designed for researchers doing observations, but they could be used by participants as well

Experience Sampling Logger: 
No

Remarks 
but ODK Voice, a voice-response system-based experience sampling system is in the works

Observation Logger: 
Yes

Remarks 
capture: forms that support textual, audio, image, video, barcode and GPS answers

Supported sensors: 

Configuration
Configure Sensors: 
Yes

Remarks 
forms and form logic can be configured using the OpenRosa subset of Xforms

Configure Sampling Schedule : 
No

Configure Study Schedule: 
Unknown

Configure Participant Panel: 
Yes

Remarks 
ODK Manage tool

Configure Upload Schedule: 
Unknown

Configure Processing: 
No

Configuration interface type: 
configuration (edit XML-file)

Deployment
Deployment: 
Installation file

 
SMS

Monitoring and Control
Monitoring by Participant: 
No

Control by Participant: 
No

Monitoring by Researcher: 
No

Control by Researcher: 
No

Data Storage
Local Storage: 
Yes

Extensibility and security
Extensibility: 
Yes

Remarks 
SD card

Security: 
No

Remarks 
data on the phone is not encrypted

Analysis tool
Output type: 

Collaboration tool
Main function: 

Synchronous collaboration features: 

Asynchronous collaboration features: 

References
Living labs that use this tool: 

Reference(s): 
Anokwa, Y.; Hartung, C.; Brunette, W.; Borriello, G.; Lerer, A.; , "Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World," Computer , vol.42, no.10, pp.97-99, Oct. 2009

 
Anokwa, Y.; Hartung, C.; Brunette, W.; Borriello, G.; Lerer, A.; , "Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World," Computer , vol.42, no.10, pp.97-99, Oct. 2009

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