Open Access Tools and Resources
M&E tools and training resources
- M&E Toolkit (USAID Learning Lab): several tools for monitoring and evaluation (English)
- M&E Training Guide (UNDP): exercises, notes and agendas for 1–2-day training on M&E (English)
- Monitoring and evaluation systems strengthening (MEASURE): three checklists for programmes to assess M&E plans, assess capacities and report data (English, French)
- M&E Fundamentals introduction (MEASURE/USAID): 2-hour introduction (English)
- Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation (Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley / FHI360): five modules on health monitoring and evaluation (English)
- Monitoring and Evaluation module (UNICEF): single module that describes M&E (English)
- Dissemination and Implementation Models in Health Research & Practice: an interactive webtool to design logic model and use dissemination and implementation models to assess their research question and practice context
- Logic model development guide (Kellogg Foundation): four chapters and two appendices on creating logic models (English)
IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH RESOURCES
- MOOC on implementation research (TDR): a six-week online training on implementation research (English, subtitles in French, Spanish)
- Implementation research toolkit (TDR): seven non-linear learning modules
RESEARCH ETHICS
- Global Health Bioethics, Research Ethics & Review (The Global Health Network): a list of e-learning and training courses on ethics for various kinds of research available in different languages (English, Chinese, Czech, Spanish, Dutch, French, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Vietnamese, Română-Moldovan, Lithuanian, German)
- Training Course on Ethics in Implementation Research (TDR): facilitator and participant guide with six interactive modules on ethics in implementation research (English)
- TREAD (The Research Ethics Application Database): a repository of Research Ethics Committee (REC) application forms and consent statements
- The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program): provides a pool of educational courses in research, ethics, regulatory oversight, responsible conduct of research, research administration and other topics
OPEN ACCESS REFERENCE TOOLS
- Mendeley: open access reference manager (English)
- Zotero: open access reference manager software (English)
STATISTICAL AND DATA SOFTWARE
- R: free statistical computing and graphics software (English)
- Data Software for Social Good (formerly Open Data Kit): open access research tools (English)
- DHIS2 (District Health Information Software): health management data platform (user interface in English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Vietnamese and Tajik)
- Software for development (Google for non-profits): Email, document storage, meeting software (multiple languages)
OTHER RESOURCES
- Social innovation research checklist (English): link to the accompanying research checklist
- Crowdsourcing Clinic (SESH): practical tools on open calls (English)
- EQUATOR Network: an international initiative working to improve quality of research publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines
- The Global Health Network: a network providing knowledge sharing and capacity development resources to transfer evidence into practice
- INASP: an international development organization providing online learning services with courses tailored to the needs and context of learners in the Global South.
- DFID Value for Money Framework: a guide on 3E framework for optimal use of resources to maximize the desired positive outcome
- The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED): a forum for learning about the most effective ways to create economic opportunities for the poor, based on practical experience in Private Sector Development (PSD)
- Unite For Sight – Research Methodology Course: a resource to provide an overview of how to design and conduct an effective global health research study
- Design Thinking Course collection: a range of design thinking online courses (different languages available)