Lectorium Explained

Lectorium
Founded Date:Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Location:Rostov-on-Don
Russia
Key People:Daniil Alexeev, Gertsen Andrey
Area Served:Worldwide
Focus:Free, open content, education projects
Method:local events and worldwide on-line open education center
Num Volunteers:8
Homepage:lectorium.org

The Lectorium (Latin: Lectorium, Russian: Лекториум) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It produces educational and edutainment open events and projecting a worldwide on-line educational center.[1] [2]

Mission

Make all worldwide on-line educational products free and open.

History

The Lectorium education project was founded on September 26, 2009. Now (on May 11, 2011) it produced more than 80 events.[3]

Activities

Every week project is producing edutainment and educational events with participation of local celebrities and young sciences.[4] The Lectorium produce different format open events: discussions, lectures, seminars, etc. Russian Wiki-conference 2010 in Rostov-on-Don was organized by cooperation of Wikimedia RU and Lectorium.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.krestianin.ru/articles/13834.php Volkova Irina - Rostov young people started self-education. // Krest'yanin, Jan 11, 2010
  2. http://vimeo.com/12636440 An interview by RBC South)
  3. http://theoryandpractice.ru/organizers/3023-lektorium List of last lectures
  4. http://vimeo.com/12637363 Alexandr Rastoguev documentaries lecture by RBC South