ICICLE
International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering

What is ICICLE?

IEEE ICICLE is a volunteer professional organization committed to the development of Learning Engineering as a profession and as an academic discipline. ICICLE is part of the IEEE Standards Association’s (IEEE-SA) Learning Technology Standards Committee. ICICLE stands for International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering.

Monthly meetings are the third Wednesday of the month at 12pm ET. The next community call is March 18th 2026 at 12pm ET. Details to join the community call will be here and the agenda. For updates, read the February 2026 Newsletter. Previous newsletters are here.

An Invitation to Learning Engineering

The Invitation to Learning Engineering webinar series provides an overview of learning engineering, use cases on the application of learning engineering from the Globalisation, Government and Military, Higher Education, pK-12 and Workforce Special and Market Interest Groups, current research findings, and lessons learned.

The webinar series includes five webinars: Applying Learning Engineering in a Global Context, Advancing Workforce Learning through Learning Engineering, Applying Learning Engineering in Mission-Critical Environments, Discover the World of Learning Engineering in Post-Secondary Contexts, and Unlock the Learning Engineer in You on the application of learning engineering in a pK-12 context. 

Monthly Special/Market Interest Groups meetings

Monthly Special Interest Group (SIG)/Market Interest Group (MIG) meetings are as follows. The link for each SIG/MIG below has meeting info/link, notes, and agendas. You can also find a schedule of meetings on a calendar. The events are listed in Eastern Time zone.

  • Competencies, Credentials and Curriculum SIG meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 12 pm ET. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 10th at 12 pm ET.
  • Design SIG meets on last Tuesday of the month at 2pm ET. The next meeting is Tuesday, February 24th at 2pm ET.
  • Government / Military MIG meets the first Friday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is Friday, March 6th at 12 pm ET.
  • Higher Education MIG meets the first Tuesday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd at 12pm ET.
  • Global/Localisation SIG meets the first Friday of the month at 9am ET. The next meeting is Friday, March 6th at 9am ET.
  • pK-12 MIG meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 12pm ET. The meeting is Wednesday, March 11th at 12pm ET.
  • Students and Grads SIG meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 4pm ET. The next meeting is Wednesday, March 11th at 3pm ET.
  • Tools SIG meets on the last Thursday of the month at 2pm ET. The next meeting is Thursday, February 26th at 2pm ET.
  • Workforce MIG (formerly Corporate MIG) meets on the last Friday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is Friday, February 27th at 12pm ET.

What is Learning Engineering?

Learning Engineering is a process and practice that applies the learning sciences using human-centered design and engineering methodologies and data-informed decision making to support learners and their development.

Learning Engineering infographic

What does ICICLE do?

Since its inception in 2017 ICICLE has evolved into a suite of opportunities for Learning Engineers to explore the range of technical, scientific, and policy matters around learning engineering as a process, practice and profession.

ICICLE holds monthly meetings (third Wednesday each month at 12:00 ET) where we engage with guest speakers who share their work in or related to learning engineering. Special Interest Groups on Design, Competencies and Curriculum, Tools, Higher Education, pK12, Graduate Students and Recent Graduates, and Corporate meet monthly to  exchange ideas to apply and implement learning engineering and develop tools. ICICLE regularly participates on learning conferences across academia, government, industry and non-profit to talk about how learning engineering process improves and enhances learning experiences.

We invite the community to learning engineering conferences. The first learning engineering conference was in 2019 with participants across sectors to discuss the trends across the field. We’ve had conferences in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

IEEE ICICLE conference

Sign up for the IEEE ICICLE mailing list to keep up with everything related to the Consortium, the International Conference on Learning Engineering, and the work being done in the ICICLE SIGs. Together, let’s define and support the profession of Learning Engineering. If you have any questions, send us an email at [email protected].