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VODIUM®
ANNOUNCES KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR THE eLEARNING
EVOLUTION
Rich media communications company empowers on-demand and
live learners through innovative training methodology
ATLANTA, March 1, 2004 - TRAINING '04 - BOOTH NUMBER 816 -
Vodium - a leading developer of streaming media technology
and services for web-based communications - today announced
it is empowering 21st century learners through an innovative
'pull media' learning style that is being embraced within
large corporations and government agencies such as Siemens
Healthcare, Sun Microsystems, The U.S. Department of Homeland
Security and The U.S. Department of the Interior.
“Today’s savvy organizations are riding a new
wave of the eLearning evolution by embracing the innovative
growth of streaming media to the desktop,” said Vodium
CEO and founder Cameron Clarke. “With video and multimedia
over the internet now moving into the forefront, instructors
can successfully leverage a blended approach to learning by
reaching a broader audience and defining a consistent message
which combines the valuable classroom experience with multiple
modes of learning and retention tools.”
Learning today is evolving from a passive “read-click”
behavior to an active role in which students are engaged at
their desktops by leveraging technology that integrates content
from multiple media types into a single viewing experience,
allowing the learner to choose their preferred style of knowledge
acquisition. This is seamlessly achieved by combining synchronized
video, slides, graphics, documents, animations, web pages
and text with user retention tools such as chat, surveys,
quizzes and unique features such as search on every spoken
word and instantaneous pinpoint random access to the video.
Vodium's offerings uniquely satisfy users' demand for knowledge
capital and give them the power to control their own learning
experience at a granular level. Training is based on personal
learning styles - oral, visual and presentation - allowing
individuals unparalleled access to learn at their own pace.
Unlike many learning solutions today that eliminate the traditional
instructor, Vodium incorporates this valuable human resource
by blending traditional classroom methodologies with cutting
edge video delivery over the Internet.
The company's software products and media services are used
for training, certification, conferences, webinars, customer
meetings and product launches. They include the following
elements:
At the presentation layer, MediaPod Player™ is a desktop presentation
system that features a video window designed to play streaming
video in Windows Media or RealPlayer formats. The video can
be synchronized and supplemented with additional learning
windows that include media such as PowerPoint® slides, Adobe
Acrobat® files (PDF), images (GIF, JPEG), Microsoft Office®
documents, Flash® presentations, real-time polls/quizzes and/or
web pages (HTML). MediaMosiac Library™ is a repository and
content management system that supplements sophisticated content
management with audiovisual training. With a word-by-word
video search engine and dynamic organizational features, end
users have access to first-time training and can reference
the resource at a later time as needed for supplemental training
to drill down on a specific concept.
Vodium Media Publishing Suite (VMPS) is enterprise-class software
that manages the workflow of either a live or on-demand webcast.
VMPS allows organizations to create, edit and manage capabilities
as they strive to make their own communications more dynamic,
powerful and cost-effective. The product set encompasses the
publishing and authoring layer and includes:
" Vodium Producer - a workflow management and publishing 'director'
tool where events are created and associated content is uploaded
to a web server where data is published and immediately searchable
" Vodium Chat Manger - a management tool that allows operators
to effectively view audience participants as well as manage
and answer incoming questions publicly or privately
" Vodium Reviewer™ - an editing and repurposing media-on-demand
tool that easily sets and adjusts slide transitions and transcript
synchronization for multiple steaming formats and bit rates,
as well as auto-generates or custom builds a synchronized
table of contents
Vodium collectively leverages these modules to create and
deliver dynamic presentations by incorporating synchronized
video, slides, graphics, documents, animations, web pages,
transcripts, text, polls as well as chat and organizes it
into a single player interface for live or on-demand Internet
viewing. For a true turnkey solution, Vodium also offers hosting
and content delivery services which creates a cost-effective
webcasting environment allowing organizations to focus on
their core services, eliminating the capital investment required
for an enterprise hosting infrastructure.
About Vodium
Vodium provides web-based delivery of interactive rich media
presentations to audiences of 10 or 10,000. Key applications
include on-line training, knowledge management, virtual conferences,
and corporate communications. Vodium's software and services
enable customers to create dynamic presentations that incorporate
synchronized video, slides and text within a single interface.
These multimedia presentations are then archived into a customized
library, available anytime, anywhere over the Internet. For
organizations, Vodium offers a powerful and cost-effective
platform to reach larger audiences and achieve high impact
communications, live or on demand. For the audience, Vodium
presents an engaging viewing experience where searching through
video is as easy as text. Vodium's customers span across Fortune
100 companies, Federal agencies and the educational sector.
For more information, please visit the company's web site
at www.vodium.com. or
contact Vodium, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 140,
Washington, D.C. Ph: 202.868.1170; Fax: 202.868.1171
CONTACT:
Peggy Keegan,
Director of Public Relations
Tel: 202-898-1170
Cell: 202-236-1236
pkeegan@vodium.com
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