The first online course production studio in RussiaWe started in 2013 when we produced the Bioinformatics course for the University of California, San Diego ordered by Pavel Pevzner, Ronald R. Taylor Professor of Computer Science and Director of the NIH Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry.
This course was the first one on Coursera created by a Russian production studio and gained over 35,000 students, who signed up to study on this course.
We then developed into three video studios in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg with a project team of MOOCs producers, designers, and video editors. We have now produced over 70 courses.
We can handle complex projects and are not afraid to work with new trendsWe know how to transfer on-campus courses into online form maintaining academic environment specifics. We work with scientific materials, respect copyright, adjust our work process to lecturers' busy schedules, produce multilingual courses with foreign authors, and have vast experience in outdoor shooting.
We produce courses for publication on various online course platformsWe know how to customize a course syllabus for the capabilities of a certain MOOC provider and how to gather a team of beta-testers and experts to evaluate the course before the launch. The courses of our production are published on Coursera, Iversity, and Russian MOOC providers such as Open Education and our platform Lektorium.
We take part in developing global open educationLektorium is a part of the Open Education Consortium, а non-profit, social benefit organization operating worldwide. It is a global network of educational institutions and organizations, that supports an approach to education based on openness, including collaboration, innovation, collective development, and use of open educational materials.
A particular committee of the Consortium monitors the evolution of massive open online courses. Committee members manage intellectual property in MOOCs, including using open licenses. They also develop the quality criteria of open content and supervise innovative practices, trends, and open educational strategies in which MOOCs are used.
FORMATS
video
We develop an individual visual identity for each project and create scenarios for video lectures with instructors. We use an effective type of shooting for different educational purposes and course audiences: indoor and outdoor shooting, studio, motion design, animation, interview, neon board, video report, etc.
educational long reads
Multimedia web-page integrating educational materials in different formats: video, text, infographics, photos, interactive elements, links on additional materials, and so on. Such a page expands the usual MOOC format, which usually consists of video and tests and looks modern.
Ecology. technology. anime
Goldberg machines
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selected projects
How to make an online course
Lektorium, Novosibirsk State University, 2018
An English version of a more specific Russian-language course, adopted for Coursera with Novosibirsk State University MOOC production team. A basic course for all who need to launch a MOOC project.
An English version of a more specific Russian-language course, adopted for Coursera with Novosibirsk State University MOOC production team. A basic course for all who need to launch a MOOC project.
Ecology. Technology. Anime
School of Advanced Studies, Tyumen State University, 2019
A brilliant course on modern anthropology via Japanese anime with professor Duskin Drum. The course is designed as a graphic novel with video parts.
A brilliant course on modern anthropology via Japanese anime with professor Duskin Drum. The course is designed as a graphic novel with video parts.
The Changing Arctic
Tomsk State University, 2015
Nobel laureate Terry Callaghan had a busy schedule, so we filmed his course in record time — only several days. An English-speaking team was formed specifically for him.
Our beta-testers created the Russian subtitles for the course.
Nobel laureate Terry Callaghan had a busy schedule, so we filmed his course in record time — only several days. An English-speaking team was formed specifically for him.
Our beta-testers created the Russian subtitles for the course.
Blockchain for startups
Lektorium, 2020
How to design a distributed registry that has the given properties in equilibrium and uses the „gravity“ of human selfishness to achieve it?
How to design a distributed registry that has the given properties in equilibrium and uses the „gravity“ of human selfishness to achieve it?
From disease to genes and back
Novosibirsk State University, 2017
An English-language course made with an international group of authors with complex schemes and graphics designed for the MOOC. Published on Coursera
An English-language course made with an international group of authors with complex schemes and graphics designed for the MOOC. Published on Coursera
Russian Literature: St. Petersburg Bridges
Lektorium, 2016
For the course we shot the views of Petersburg that were described in classic books. We chose the best angles of showplaces and carried out field photography in houses where the great Russian writers lived.
For the course we shot the views of Petersburg that were described in classic books. We chose the best angles of showplaces and carried out field photography in houses where the great Russian writers lived.
Russian Literature: Ghosts of St. Petersburg
Lektorium, 2021
Online course in the format of excursions around St. Petersburg in the context of Russian literature: from Pushkin to the authors of the XXI century.
Online course in the format of excursions around St. Petersburg in the context of Russian literature: from Pushkin to the authors of the XXI century.
Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Hochschule Landshut (University of Applied Sciences Landshut), 2016
The author of this course could only visit Russia to be filmed for one week. The course had to start exactly at the beginning of a semester.
We enlarged the preproduction stage to work out the details. Due to this, we were able to film in just three days, and the rest was done remotely.
This is the first MOOC of the University of Applied Sciences Landshut.
The author of this course could only visit Russia to be filmed for one week. The course had to start exactly at the beginning of a semester.
We enlarged the preproduction stage to work out the details. Due to this, we were able to film in just three days, and the rest was done remotely.
This is the first MOOC of the University of Applied Sciences Landshut.
Bioinformatics
University of California, San Diego, 2013
In order to tell wide audience about a new technology in genetics, Pavel Pevzner, Professor of University of California, San Diego, launched a course on Coursera.
The course was produced with our help and gained over 35,000 students.
In order to tell wide audience about a new technology in genetics, Pavel Pevzner, Professor of University of California, San Diego, launched a course on Coursera.
The course was produced with our help and gained over 35,000 students.
Ecological parasitology
University of Tyumen, 2016
For this course we needed high-resolution images that were impossible to buy from photo stocks. Many of those provided by the author did not have permission for free use. We held a contest of illustrators and created scientifically accurate images of parasites to diagram their life cycle and ceded the copyright to the university.
To show how the digestion system of an Ixodidae (hard tick) works, we collaborated with the Visual Science company to develop an interactive widget: https://www.lektorium.tv/4M8
For this course we needed high-resolution images that were impossible to buy from photo stocks. Many of those provided by the author did not have permission for free use. We held a contest of illustrators and created scientifically accurate images of parasites to diagram their life cycle and ceded the copyright to the university.
To show how the digestion system of an Ixodidae (hard tick) works, we collaborated with the Visual Science company to develop an interactive widget: https://www.lektorium.tv/4M8
Astrophysics: from stars to boundaries of the Universe
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 2016
We needed a great of scientific materials for the syllabus of this course. Our team contacted NASA, ESA, and Max Planck Institute to agree upon usage of images, computer models and to retain safe legal ground. As a result, this course has the sound of pulsars, the explosions of supernovae, and the first seconds of a neutron star's life.
We needed a great of scientific materials for the syllabus of this course. Our team contacted NASA, ESA, and Max Planck Institute to agree upon usage of images, computer models and to retain safe legal ground. As a result, this course has the sound of pulsars, the explosions of supernovae, and the first seconds of a neutron star's life.
Science communication
ITMO University, 2016
The first course of ITMO master’s program „Science communication“. The program was established in 2016.
The first course of ITMO master’s program „Science communication“. The program was established in 2016.
Genetics
Novosibirsk State University, 2015
The first course in genetics specialization program on Coursera.
The first course in genetics specialization program on Coursera.
Kunstkamera Y
Saint Petersburg, 2015
Kunstkamera Y is a special joint project of paperpaper.media and the Kunstkamera, one of the most extensive ethnographic museums in the world. For the project we carried out special on-the-spot camerawork in the museum's repository, as we couldn't use additional lightning because of the exhibits' fragility.
Kunstkamera Y is a special joint project of paperpaper.media and the Kunstkamera, one of the most extensive ethnographic museums in the world. For the project we carried out special on-the-spot camerawork in the museum's repository, as we couldn't use additional lightning because of the exhibits' fragility.
Our partners
We produce online courses for the leading universities and schools of Russia and Europe, further education centres for teachers and developers of state educational programs. We work with museums and companies that support educational initiatives and social projects.
For more information contact us: office@lektorium.tv