Sonic Foundry Partners With Sloan-C to Webcast Emerging Technologies for Online Learning
Virtual conference option powered by Mediasite by Sonic Foundry
MADISON, Wis., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc.(NASDAQ: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting, lecture capture and knowledge management, continues its Coast-to-Coast technology partnership with Sloan-C by using Mediasite to webcast the Fourth Annual International Symposium of Emerging Technologies for Online Learning, taking place this week in San Jose, California.
The agenda focuses on the technologies that drive online learning effectiveness, highlighting research, applications and best practices of important emerging technological tools. Mediasite will power the virtual attendee option which will include access to live streams of the keynote, plenary and featured sessions, as well as Coast-to-Coast sponsor showcase sessions.
All virtual and onsite attendees will have on-demand access to the archived recordings of these sessions for one year post-conference. Sloan-C encourages participants to network on its Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Facebook page, and also tweet about the conference at #et4ol2011.
The keynote address by Bryan Alexander, Ph.D., of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education will be streamed to the public. Imagining the Future of Education: Scenarios for Learning After Technology is scheduled for Monday, July 11 at 4:15 p.m. Pacific, and can be accessed at http://sofo.com/780ff.
Mediasite user Marsha Orr, RN, MS at California State University, Fullerton will also be webcasted during her presentation, "Recording and Webstreaming Models in Nursing Education and Beyond: Instruction, Recruitment, Advising, Orientation and LMS Training" on Tuesday, July 11 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific.
The conference will be webcast via Mediasite by Sonic Foundry. Trusted by more than 850 colleges and universities, the patented Mediasite webcasting and content management system quickly and cost-effectively automates the capture, management, delivery and search of rich media presentations that combine audio, video and accompanying graphics for live or on-demand viewing.
About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.
Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO, www.sonicfoundry.com) is the global leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, providing enterprise communication solutions for education, business and government. Powered by Mediasite, the patented webcasting platform which automates the capture, management, delivery and search of lectures, online training and briefings, Sonic Foundry empowers people to transform the way they communicate. Through the Mediasite platform and its Event Services group, the company helps customers connect a dynamic, evolving world of shared knowledge and envisions a future where learners and workers around the globe use webcasting to bridge time and distance, accelerate research and improve performance. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of Sonic Foundry, Inc. or their respective owners.
Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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