This announcement has come in from Educause:

NLII Becomes EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

We are pleased to announce that the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) has a new focus and a new name, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). Under the leadership of EDUCAUSE Vice President Diana G. Oblinger, the strategic planning team and our current NLII members have reframed the organization's mission to be advancing learning through IT innovation. ELI will be focused on learners and successful learning -- a unique emphasis in the teaching and learning with technology community. We will explore three areas in particular: learners, learning principles and practices, and learning technologies.

ELI is taking the best of NLII programs and services and building on them, offering extensive online resources; member-only Web seminars; a new briefing series called 7 Things You Should Know About; learning-and-technology-focused professional development; and, most importantly, engagement with the ELI community of IT leaders, academic administrators, faculty, and instructional technologists.

You can learn all about ELI program areas, activities, and membership on the ELI Web site at http://www.educause.edu/eli/ . For other questions, please contact info@educause.edu or send snail mail to 4772 Walnut St., Suite 206, Boulder, CO 80301.