A strategy for enhancing STEM education in Africa

The teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in Africa is basically through face-to-face method of teaching supported by the use of printed materials such as books and articles. The last few years has witnessed efforts to provide free access to on-line scientific journals for researchers based in Africa. Open standards, frameworks and platforms for the capture, storage and presentation (or streaming) allow the sharing and exachange of video material online, the end-user experience is directly related to the bandwidth available. The ICTP Enhance Your Audience (EyA) system is an innovative award winning system for the completely automated hourly capture and on-line presentation of lectures (especially those that use the traditional black or white boards) that maybe used to address bandwidth demands for video streaming. This paper presents a strategy for enhancing STEM education through the use of video material as produced by EyA in a non-intrusive manner.