2. Mobile Media Revolution
Video
Things Are Changing….. Fast !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmVv-KRHkIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SuNx0UrnEo&NR=1 2011
3. Mali Bolivia Yemen
El Salvador Armenia Sudan
Guatemala Haiti Uganda
Egypt Mozambique Vietnam
Jordan Mali Philippines
Bangladesh Pakistan Myanmar
Malawi Tajikistan Guinea
Afghanistan West Bank
4. What is Mobile Technology?
A mobile device is a terminus for
an information management
strategy.…
10. Texting (SMS)
• Available on all phones (everyone has it!).
• Great for communication.
• Highest information transfer cost (byte-for-byte).
• Low data capacity (160 character limit per transmission)
• Poor data quality
11. Data
• General Packet Relay System (GPRS)
• Fewer cell phones have it. (for now…)
• Significantly lower information transfer cost.
• High data transmission capacity
• Cloud Connectivity: Software/Platform-as-a-Service
• SaaS/PaaS
12. Location
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• All phones will have it
• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Information = data + image + location
15. Mobile Devices
In the future, it is likely at field-level community locations:
• low cost Android Smartphones will prevail….
• All devices will have GPS
• GPRS data connectivity will be ubiquitous
16. How is Mobile Technology being effectively used?
1.Training – Staff Communication
2.Data Collection
20. Video
Using Cell phone Technology
CommCare by Dimagi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=30Ft
k6STM3U
CRS India http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTjs61L5l2Q
21. HEALTHY
PREGNANCY
CommCare
Vitamin A, Iron
Started tetanus
Finished tetanus
Started IPT
(Malaria)
Finished IPT
(Malaria)
Deworming tablet
Has birth plan
Tested for HIV
21
46. Survey Instrument Logic
Save the Children
Sponsorship Primary Education Program
2007 Standard 4 Data Collection
Headteacher Interview
School:___________________________ Name of Interviewer: _____________________________
Head’s Name: ________________ __________Sex: 0__Male /1 __Female: School Code: 19/__ __
Standard(s) teaching _____________
What is your highest academic qualification? 1) JCE/ 2) MSCE/ 3) "A” levels/ 4) Other (Specify): ___
What is your professional qualification? 0) TT/ 1) T4/ 2) T3/ 3) T2 /) Other (Specify): ___________
How many teachers are in this school? 1) Male_________2) Female_______ 3) Total_________
How many pupils are in this school? 1) Boys ________ 2) Girls _______ 3) Total__________
Out of the total enrolment that you have, how many of these are orphans vulnerable children (OVC)? 1)
Boys________ 2) Girls_______ 3)Total_______ (Allow the teacher to verify).
7. How many in-service training sessions have you attended this school session?
8. List the organizer and the month of each in-service session you have attended
9. How many school based in-service courses have you conducted this school year? ______
10.How many times has the PEA supervised your school this school session? _____
11. In the past month, have you observed any teachers’ lessons? 1) ___YES 0) __NO
12. How many times this year have you held staff meetings at this school? _______
48. Case Study – Data Collection
Save the Children USA - Bangldesh
450,000 beneficiaries receive monthly:
•maternal health services
•food rations
2010: USAID awarded 2nd 5-year MYAP
52. An Information Management Strategy…
Alternative Alternative
Publication Subscription Publication Subscription
NOTE: All DB Servers are Publishers.
NOTE: PDAs are not Publishers.
NOTE: Servers are the Publishers for next Lower level DB locations.
NOTE: Subscriptions should be conducted to the immediate higher level DB Servers.
Database
Central MIS Server
District DB Server
Upazilla DB Server
PDA
53. How to Approach Mobile Technology
Mobile technology has a Glamour and Glitz ….
64. The technology “tool” comes last….
If you choose the tool first, then:
Best scenario:
• increased cost
• program delay and poor quality
Worst scenario:
• program failure
65. The solution must satisfy the program need.
But, it must work in the hands of the User.