MADISON, Wis., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced the company's Titanium Sponsorship of EduComm 2009, the premier higher education technology conference to be held June 16-18 at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Resort in Orlando, Fla. All sessions will be captured and archived with the Mediasite platform.
EduComm 2009 brings together top-tier thought leaders, executives and speakers to present, discuss, consider and navigate the unprecedented challenges and opportunities shaping the future of higher education. Traditionally focused on classroom technology and rich media, EduComm has added workshops to help education executives keep pace with trends in the current generation. Five dynamic keynote sessions include speakers on cloud computing, sustainability and social networking. Attendees will depart equipped with practical tools for success, including a link to a Mediasite presentation catalog containing more than 40 breakout sessions in four tracks that address technology issues and best practices.
"Having the archived webcast of these sessions has been invaluable to our attendees. It's the next best thing to being there live. They can catch the speakers' emphasis and subtleties, which are all very important in the learning process. Mediasite offers the added capability of allowing them to replay key moments to enhance the understanding of concepts or to skip through presentations to find just what they want to see," said Tim Goral, conference program chair for EduComm 2009. "As the Titanium sponsor, Sonic Foundry has offered crucial help in creating a wealth of learning materials for EduComm attendees that they can turn to again and again throughout the year. Their partnership over the years has been invaluable."
A catalog of select sessions will be available for on-demand viewing after the conference that will include:
-- How Lecture Capture Enhances Student Performance, panel discussion with
Sean Brown, Sonic Foundry vice president of education, James Craig,
Ed.D. professor University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School and Russ
Scaduto, Ph.D. director of educational technology, Penn State Hershey
Medical Center
-- Lost in Space - Finding the Right Learning Space Design for Learners,
Jim Jorstad, director of educational technologies, UW-LaCrosse
-- Creating a Future Vision for the 21st Century Campus, William Havice,
Ph.D. associate dean in the College of Health, Education and Human
Development at Clemson University, and Pamela Havice, Ph.D. associate
professor at Clemson University
-- Using Distance Education to Turn Your Classroom into Cash and Ridding
the World of Whiteboards: A Digital Solution, Sean O'Donnell, director
of distance education, Villanova University College of Engineering
EduComm ( www.educommconference.com) will be webcasted by Sonic Foundry's Event Services group, a leading provider of webcasting for blended conferences and high-profile training events. The group and its strategic partners supply technical webcasting services and expertise to organizations who seek to complement their conference or event with viewing over the web. Since its launch in January 2007, the Event Services group has provided live and on-demand webcasting for clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations and university associations to sporting events and charitable organizations.
This is the sixth year Sonic Foundry will record EduComm. To view conference sessions from EduComm 2008, visit www.sonicfoundry.com/educomm2008.
About Sonic Foundry(R), Inc.
Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO) is the global leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, providing enterprise communication solutions for more than 1,500 customers in 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 Events 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.
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