ELI Appoints Little as Associate Director

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) has announced the appointment of Julie K. Little as associate director, effective September 30, 2006.

Most recently Little has served as interim assistant CIO and executive director of Educational Technology and the Innovative Technology Center at the University of Tennessee (UT). She has also held positions as coordinator of technology licensure standards for the College of Education at UT, director of the Office of Instructional Technologies for The Sage Colleges, and director of a Sylvan Learning Center in Texas.

She has taught instructional technology, information science, teacher education and mentoring, and online communications at the University of Tennessee and The Sage Colleges  as well as secondary social studies, humanities, and English in North Carolina and the Department of Defense Dependent Schools/Europe. Her extensive experience in instructional design and development includes a Pew Grant in Course Redesign for Spanish, an interactive multimedia program on gender equity, student-faculty telecommunications skills, and a national defense training prototype. She has served on the Apple distinguished educator higher education leadership team, the distance education advisory board and accreditation committee for the United Arab Emirates, and many university-wide committees at UT. She has published and presented numerous papers on a broad array of topics in instructional technology.

Little’s professional contributions include service as chair of the Program Committee and member of the board of directors for the Seminars on Academic Computing, the ELI Advisory Board, and the ELI Program Committee.

She is a graduate of two EDUCAUSE institutes: the Frye Leadership Institute and the EDUCAUSE Institute Management Program. She holds an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction/instructional technology from UT, an M.A. in teaching/secondary education from the University of South Carolina (USC), and a B.A. with majors in government and international studies from USC.

According to EDUCAUSE Vice President and ELI Director Diana Oblinger, “Not only does Julie Little’s formal education align well with ELI’s mission and audience but her work has encompassed instructional design, Web technology, multimedia production, faculty development, and emerging technology. I look forward to the energy and experience she will bring to our efforts to advance learning through IT innovation.”

About EDUCAUSE

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The current membership comprises more than 2,200 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 250 corporations, with 17,000 active members. Learn more about EDUCAUSE at www.educause.edu.

About The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) helps institutions advance learning through IT innovation. ELI is a community that works together to stay on the leading edge of teaching and learning with technology through a focus on learners, interaction and engagement, and learning technologies. ELI brings value to members through exploration, awareness, and enablement. Learn more about ELI at www.educause.edu/eli.