February 2013 - change - Mailing Lists

NEXT MONDAY mHealth panel at Harvard
by Joy Ming 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

*Are you curious about mobile health? * *Question about its efficacy and controversies? * * * D4D <http://developersfordevelopment.org/>, DIGH<http://sites.google.com/site/dighsite>, and HUGHF <http://hughf.org/> present *[image: Inline image 2]* ** *Lessons from the Field: Successes and Failures From Implementations of mHealth Strategies* Monday, March 4th 7-9 Ticknor Lounge <http://goo.gl/maps/tBohp> *Speakers include:* * * *Marc Michell, President of D-tree International <http://www.d-tree.org/>* *Michal Depa, Chief Technology Officer of Jana Care <http://janacare.com/>* *Kenneth Paik , Director of Operations at Sana Health <http://sana.mit.edu/>* *Alex Harsha, Project Manager of Medic <http://medicmobile.org/>Mobile<http://medicmobile.org/> * -- Is your code ready to say hello to the world? Harvard Developers for Development www.developersfordevelopment.org ID Hack <http://sites.google.com/site/idhack2013> | Email List<http://git.to/hd4d> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/developersfordevelopment> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/harvardd4d>

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Data collection talk at IHME on Wed @ 4pm
by Yaw Anokwa 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Hi Changers, I'll be giving a public seminar at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) this Wednesday (Feb 27th at 4pm) and would love to see all of you in the crowd. The talk will be about collecting data at scale with smart forms on phones and tablets. I'll show how the standard ODK tools have worked at scale and show a few of the new ODK tools that Gaetano and the rest of the UW-CSE team have been building. I will also talk a little bit about the work I've been doing at Nafundi building software for challenging environments. I've provided the abstract and details below. Please come by and ask hard questions! Yaw # Synopsis Open Data Kit (ODK, http://opendatakit.org) replaces paper forms with smart forms on a phone or tablet. ODK is great for mobile field workers (e.g., census enumerators, community health workers, and forest monitors) who need to collect data accurately and report results instantly. The free and open-source ODK platform has tens of thousands of users who use it to measure indicators, track performance, and maximize their impact. Examples include: Kiva: gathering borrower demographics and repayment information The Carter Center: monitoring elections in young democracies The Jane Goodall Institute: documenting the health of forests AMPATH: supporting HIV testing for over half a million people Besides collecting text and numbers, ODK can be used to take pictures, capture GPS locations, scan barcodes, get signatures, and even play videos. Additionally, ODK forms support branching logic, repeating sections, multiple languages, data encryption, and working offline. In this seminar, Yaw Anokwa, one of the designers of ODK, will discuss how his doctoral research on building technology for low-income regions motivated the creation of ODK. He will also describe a few of the ODK tools being used at scale and demonstrate how they enable data collection with smart forms on mobile devices. # Bio Yaw Anokwa first realized the impact technology could have on the world's underserved while deploying a medical record system in Rwanda. That experience inspired his PhD work addressing the limitations of paper-based systems using smart phones and "cloud" servers. Dr. Anokwa founded and runs Nafundi (http://nafundi.com) a technology company with expertise in creating software for challenging environments (e.g., rural Kenya, war-torn Afghanistan, and post-hurricane New Jersey). He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington. A more detailed biography of Dr. Anokwa and his curriculum vitae can be found at http://anokwa.com. # Details Place: 2301 Fifth Ave., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 9812 Date: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 Time: 4:00 p.m. coffee reception; 4:15 p.m. lecture http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/news-events/seminar/collecting-da…

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Scaring away lions - a 13-yo's invention
by Gaetano Borriello 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/26/tech/richard-turere-lion-lights/index.htm…

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Report on the impact of access to ICT releasing soon - sign up to get a copy
by Melody Clark 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

What is the impact of computers in public places like cybercafés and telecenters? How can this impact be measured? What about mobile phones? And what does it mean for the future of access to technology? The Global Impact Study<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/> from the Technology & Social Change Group<http://tascha.uw.edu/> at the University of Washington's iSchool<http://ischool.uw.edu/> is excited to announce that we will be releasing our final research report in March! The Global Impact Study is the largest, most comprehensive study to date on public access to technology in places like cybercafés, telecenters, and libraries. The report is full of findings about public access to computers and the internet, the impacts & benefits of public access, the role of mobile phones in the ecology of information access, cost-benefit analysis, and policy, practice, & research recommendations that we hope will be of great interest to policy makers, practitioners, and researchers. Sign up to receive a copy of the report: http:// www.globalimpactstudy.org/ report/<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/report/> Stay tuned! * Email sign-up<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/resources/newsletter/> * Twitter<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/report/> * RSS feed<http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/feed/> -- Melody Clark Technology & Social Change (TASCHA) melclark(a)uw.edu<mailto:melclark@uw.edu> | 206.685.7819 Twitter: @taschagroup<https://twitter.com/taschagroup> | @ictimpact<http://twitter.com/#!/ICTimpact> | @melodyrclark<https://twitter.com/#!/melodyrclark> tascha.uw.edu<http://tascha.uw.edu/>

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Mayank Goel on SpiroSmart
by Nicola Dell 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

Home spirometry is gaining acceptance in the medical community because of its ability to detect pulmonary exacerbations and improve outcomes of chronic lung ailments. However, cost and usability are significant barriers to its widespread adoption. To this end, we present SpiroSmart, a low-cost mobile phone application that performs spirometry sensing using the built-in microphone. We evaluated SpiroSmart on 52 subjects, showing that the mean error when compared to a clinical spirometer is 5.1% for common measures of lung function. Finally, we showed that pulmonologists can use SpiroSmart to effectively diagnose lung ailments. Now we are in process of developing a call-in service as well. Users would no longer need a smartphone to check their lung functions. They would be able to do it directly from a feature-phone over the voice channel of the network. Mayank Goel is a PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at University of Washington, where he works with Prof. Gaetano Borriello and Prof. Shwetak Patel. His research involves leveraging smartphones and sensing infrastructure for ubiquitous computing applications. He is interested in developing low-cost sensing solutions for healthcare in low resource environments. He received his M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009, where he specialized in ubiquitous computing. What: Mayank Goel on SpiroSmart When: Tuesday, February 26th at 12 noon Where: The Allen Center, room CSE 203

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Fwd: [TIER] Call for Proposals, Africomm 2013, Blantyre, 25-28 Nov 2013
by Yaw Anokwa 23 Feb '13

23 Feb '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gertjan van Stam <gertjan.vanstam(a)worksgroup.org> Date: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:47 AM Subject: [TIER] Call for Proposals, Africomm 2013, Blantyre, 25-28 Nov 2013 To: Gertjan van Stam <gertjan.vanstam(a)worksgroup.org> Dear Colleague! Please find attached the Call for Papers for the 5th International IEEE EAI Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, 25-28 November 2013 in Blantyre, Malawi. Your contributions are invited for research and development of: * e-Infrastructure: Original ideas, design/implementation of ICT infrastructures for developing countries * e-Services: Innovative e-Government, e-Commerce and e-Business services for developing countries * Policy & Governance : Presentation/discussion of policies, models, governance issues and challenges I would hope we can bring together researchers and practitioners that meet to discuss relevant African developments in the engineering and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies, taking into account the specific cultures and contexts of Africa. The organizing team is from and in Africa, and this is a prime opportunity to discuss in an international forum of professionals the wonders and challenges we discover and face in this challenging and worthwhile realm. Please encourage all, professors, practitioners and students to file their contributions! The dates: Abstract submission: 30 June 2013 (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=africomm2013) Paper submission: 07 July 2013 Notification of acceptance: 01 September 2013 Camera ready: 30 September 2013 Conference dates: 25-28 November 2013 Hoping to see you in Blantyre in November, Regards, Gertjan -- _______________________________________ Gertjan van Stam http://www.twitter.com/gertjanvanstam http://www.facebook.com/gertjanvanstam http://gertjanvanstam.blogspot.com Skype: gertjan_van_stam Telephone: +263776638773 _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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Register now for the Digital Inclusion Summit on 3/14
by Stacey Wedlake 22 Feb '13

22 Feb '13

The *Washington State Digital Inclusion Summit 2013<http://digitalinclusionsummit.org/> *is quickly approaching!**** ** ** [image: http://depts.washington.edu/disummit/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/l…]<http://digitalinclusionsummit.org/> **** *Thursday, March 14* *9:00am-4:30pm* *The Brockey Conference Center* South Seattle Community College**** 6000 16th Ave. SW**** Seattle, WA 98106-1499**** ** ** To register for the Summit, visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/313772 This unconference <http://digitalinclusionsummit.org/unconference/> will connect people from the public, non-profits, and private sectors to share policy, curriculum research, and other resources related to digital inclusion in Washington State. **** We welcome you to suggest or respond<http://digitalinclusionsummit.org/suggest-a-topic/> to unconference topics so that workshop topics most reflect your interests. We may follow up with you to see if you or a colleague would be interested in hosting a workshop about your suggested topic. Hosting a session is not required, but everybody is welcome to become a session host.**** ** ** To sponsor the Summit or support the event with a donation, please contact Chris Tugwell:**** ctugwell@seattleymca.org**** P: 206.839.8911**** ** ** Please contact Amy Hirotaka with any questions about the Summit:**** ahirtaka@edlabgroup.org**** P: 425.977.4749**** ** ** [image: Communities Connect Network: Advancing Community Technology in Washington State] <http://www.communitiesconnect.org/>**** [image: http://www.communitiesconnect.org/sites/default/files/uploads/graphics/face…]<http://www.facebook.com/#%21/communitiesconnectnetwork> Like <http://www.facebook.com/#%21/communitiesconnectnetwork> [image: http://www.communitiesconnect.org/sites/default/files/uploads/graphics/twit…]<http://twitter.com/#%21/waconnects> Follow <http://twitter.com/#%21/waconnects>**** **

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RFA for CommCare in French West Africa
by neal lesh 22 Feb '13

22 Feb '13

Hi everybody, Dimagi is offering support for organizations that want to test CommCare in French West Africa. We're seeing a lot of excitement and innovation with a similar Proof of Concept package we are offering India now, with over 20 new CommCare programs being launched over the next six months. Please forward this to any organization in French West Africa that you think might be interested (you can see the French version at the bottom). thanks! neal --- **** Dimagi is releasing a *Request for Applications to help organizations get started using phone-based tools for frontline workers in Francophone West Africa*. We are seeking organizations implementing scalable initiatives in community health and other social sectors that could benefit from mobile phone-based case management and data collection.**** **** This RFA will support the use of the *open-source mobile software platform CommCare. *CommCare is being deployed in 30 countries and used by thousands of community health workers to track and support their clients with registration forms, checklists, SMS reminders, and multimedia. Mounting evidence indicates that this leads to improved frontline worker performance, better reporting, and better patient care and education. Check out our website (http://www.commcarehq.org/)* *to view online videos, read papers on the effectiveness of CommCare, and learn about how any organization can design its own mHealth application using our online application-building tools. **** **** Awardees will each receive *10 free phones installed *with a CommCare application designed for their* *frontline workers*, *free access to the *CommCareHQ cloud-based server for one year, *and* one month of free support* from Dimagi’s experienced French-speaking Field Managers including a *2 week field* visit to help launch CommCare with their frontline workers. **** **** For further information and to download the full RFA, please refer to our website (http://www.commcarehq.org/poc/wfa/) Applications are due by March 29, 2013.**** **** Sincerely, The Dimagi Team**** ** ** ---**** ** ** Bonjour: **** **** Dimagi lance un *appel à candidature pour aider des organisations à commencer à utiliser des outils mobiles pour les travailleurs de première ligne dans l’Afrique de l’Ouest francophone. *Nous cherchons des organisations qui mettent en œuvre des initiatives échelonnables dans le domaine de la santé communautaire et d’autres secteurs sociaux qui peuvent bénéficier de la gestion de cas et de la collecte de données par téléphone mobile.**** **** Cet appel à candidature servira de soutien pour l’utilisation *de la plateforme mobile « open source » CommCare. *CommCare a été déployé dans 30 pays et est utilisé par des milliers d’agents de santé communautaire pour suivre et aider leurs clients concernant les fiches d’enregistrement, les listes de contrôle, les rappels par SMS et les multimédias. Il y a de plus en plus de preuves que cet appui aboutit à l’amélioration de la performance des travailleurs de première ligne, de la production de rapport, des soins des patients et de l’éducation. **** **** Consultez notre site Web (http://www.commcarehq.org/fr/accueil) pour visionner des vidéos, lire des articles sur l’efficacité de CommCare et pour connaître de quelle façon les organisations peuvent concevoir leur propre application mHealth en utilisant nos outils en ligne pour la construction des applications. **** **** Les bénéficiaires recevront chacun *10 téléphones gratuits* dans lesquels nous avons installé une application CommCare conçue pour leurs travailleurs de première ligne, *l’accès gratuit au serveur infonuagique CommCareHQ pour un an*, et *un mois de soutien gratuit* d’un gestionnaire de Dimagi qui parle français, y compris *une visite sur les lieux de 2 semaines* pour les aider à implanter CommCare avec leurs travailleurs de première ligne.**** **** Pour plus d’information et pour télécharger l’appel à candidature complet, veuillez visiter notre site Web (http://www.commcarehq.org/fr/poc/wfa/) La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est le vendredi 29 mars 2013. **** **** Cordialement, L’équipe de Dimagi ****

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Re: [change] [TIER] Qualitative research tools
by Fritz Meissner 22 Feb '13

22 Feb '13

I've done a small amount of interview recording. Most recently the Android app "Smart Voice Recorder" did a really good job of picking up conversation at a table in a crowded and loud restaurant. That's on a Samsung Galaxy S running Android 4.2. I had abysmal results with the voice recorder app that came standard with the phone two years ago (probably Android 2.3 then?). To transcribe I just played the audio back in Windows Media player - after my first experience transcribing a few years ago (a huge pain) I decided just to keep the audio files and only transcribe the portions of an interview that I'll use as quotes. Of course I make notes that I can use to understand the gist of the conversation and avoid taking things out of context. Regards, Fritz On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Nicola Dell <nixdell(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We are doing some work on qualitative research tools and would very much > appreciate if you could take 1 min to answer the following questions: > > (1) Have you ever voice recorded interviews with participants? > > (2) If so, what tools did you use to do the recording? > > (3) What tools did you use to playback/decode the audio? > > Please include hardware (like phones, tape recorders) and any software > packages. > > Thanks very much! > Nicki > > _______________________________________________ > TIER mailing list > Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu > TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu > https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier >

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Fwd: Technology Manager - VillageReach
by James Dailey 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Hi all - Local job opening in Seattle for a technical project manager type to work on the openlmis.org initiative and other initiatives of VillageReach. Details are below, and I would add that this is a great organization and if you have strong technical understanding (you don't need to be a software developer) as well as an attention for detail, this is for you! VillageReach invites applications for a Technology Manager in the Information Systems Group, based in the Seattle headquarters of VillageReach. The successful candidate will be a person motivated by mission, a highly dynamic and innovative environment, and the understanding that his or her contribution is critical to the success of VillageReach. Read the full job description here<http://villagereach.org/vrsite/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Technology-Manage…> .

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