Alex Little mHealth: Global Projects, Software & Critical Perspectives Icd4 London Meetup GSMA HQ, London, UK Tuesday 26th January 2016 For more info: http://www.meetup.com/London-ICT4D/events/227274734/

1. DigitalCampus
OppiaMobile and ORB for
Health Worker Training
Alex Little
ICT4D London Meetup
26 Jan 2016

2. DigitalCampus
Overview
● ORB – Repository of
curated and openly
licensed health worker
training content
● OppiaMobile – Open
source mobile learning
platform
● Both have strong focus on
openness and
reuse/adaptation, using
open source & creative
commons licensing

3. DigitalCampus
End-to-end process
Validated
and
curated
Store, Curate and
Share
Educational
content created &
adapted
Review Content Deploy
Training
Distribute
User centered
design
systematically
applied
Address
demand
ActivitiesOutputs
Evaluate
and iterate

4. DigitalCampus
Rationale
● Principles for Digital Development
● Reduce costs/development time
● Evaluate based on the content – not the technology
● Common technologies and platforms to help
sustainability – not project speci-c apps
● Single process enables Govt. ownership/oversight
while accommodating varied/new technologies
● Richer learning content than can be delivered via
SMS/IVR

5. DigitalCampus
Implentations/Projects
● Ethiopia
● Ghana
● Nigeria
● India
● Pakistan
● + more upcoming

6. DigitalCampus
Results (so far)
● Ethiopia - high level of engagement from
Health Extension Workers
● India – increased take up of family
planning methods
● Pakistan – government buy-in for end to
end process
● Ghana – Oppia app implemented and
extended by local dev team

7. DigitalCampus
Thanks!
● ORB: http://health-orb.org
● OppiaMobile:
https://digital-campus.org/oppiamobile/overview
● End to End Process White Paper: http://bit.ly/1IzTUfq
● Creative Commons for Global Heath (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbqq6Gg5g3U
● Principles for Digital Development:
http://digitalprinciples.org/
Contact: alex@digital-campus.org