Sonic Foundry Webcasts Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning

MADISON, Wis. - August 4, 2011 - Sonic Foundry, Inc.(NASDAQ: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting, lecture capture and knowledge management, today announced the 27th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning will be streamed to a remote audience using Mediasite. The conference, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Division of Continuing Studies, is being held this week at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis.

One of the oldest conferences on the topic, the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning is recognized internationally for the quality and integrity of its program. Presenters and attendees exchange resources, research, and best practices that are relevant to the design and delivery of distance education and training.

Hybrid attendees will have the opportunity to view live streams of sessions via Mediasite, as well as have on-demand access to the recorded archives for three months after the conference. Remote viewers will engage in live question and answer with presenters and online networking with other virtual attendees using the Twitter hashtag #dtl2011.

Mediasite user Dr. Diane Zorn, Course Director at York University, will be giving a demonstration entitled, "Can Lecture Capture Make You a Better Professor?" on August 4 at 2:40 p.m.

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.