Lectorium
Logo of the Lectorium | |
| Founded | Rostov-on-Don, Russia September 26, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Focus | Free, open content, education projects |
| Location | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Method | local events and worldwide on-line open education center |
Key people | Daniil Alexeev, Gertsen Andrey |
Volunteers | 8 |
| Website | lectorium.org |
The Lectorium (Latin: Lectorium, Russian: Лекториум) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It produce enlightenment 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 for people.
History
The Lectorium enlightenment 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 enlightenment 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. Now Lectorium team works on worldwide open on-line educational center.