TechChange Course: Mobile Data Solutions
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2016
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This two hour interactive on demand online course developed by the Global Development Lab at USAID FHI360 and TechChange explores how mobile technologies can be used to more effectively collect and disseminate data in order to better meet development goals Access this full course for free from anywhere with an internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone Course Description Mobile technologies offer transparent timely and affordable solutions for collecting and disseminating data about people projects and programs USAID and its implementing partners can utilize this powerful technology to improve the efficiency and quality of the data we use to make decisions and to better meet USAID goals related to the Forward Reforms the Evaluation Policy and the Open Data Initiative This two hour interactive on demand online course developed by the Global Development Lab at USAID FHI360 and TechChange will help build the technical capacity necessary to achieve these goals Course ObjectivesHow to assess a mobile data collection project and its required resourcesHow to design a project to achieve the maximum impact possibleHow to implement a project to take advantage of appropriate technologiesHow to visualize and share the collected data with the relevant communities Course Methodology Participants can expect a fun and practical learning environment with a mixture of animations video interviews scenario based case studies and interactive exercises including designing and undertaking a survey using mobile tools Acknowledgements This course was created as part of the Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance and Research mSTAR project with expertise provided by USAID Digital Development Lab and FHI360 and course development and design provided by TechChange Many thanks to Sarah Torrance FHI360 and Merrick Schaefer for sharing their knowledge and experiences for this course
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Capacity Building Learning, Capacity Building Learning