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 August 19th 2026 at 12pm ET. Details to join the community call will be here and the agenda. For updates, read the August 2026 Newsletter. Previous newsletters are here.

Upcoming: Shaping AI Systems for Learning

Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 12 PM EDT/ 9 AM PDT

Members of the IEEE ICICLE community are facilitating an event on “Learning Engineering, The Role of Learning Sciences and Learning Engineering Process in AI System development” on Thursday, August 20th at 12:00pm ET/9:00am PT. Through a set of cases, presenters highlight a range of knowledge and perspectives that must be accounted for to apply learning sciences with meaningful nuance in the design, build, and prompting of AI systems. The seminar will be facilitated by the Design for Learning Special Interest Group (SIG) who capture practices for design professionals to select, use, and iterate on AI systems to improve learning outcomes.

Register for the seminar here. Learn more about this webinar as part of our Invitation for Learning Engineering seminar series.

Monthly Special/Market Interest Groups meetings

Check out Invitation to Learning Engineering seminar series hosted by each Special and Market Interest Groups, Tools, Workforce, Government and Military, pK-12, Higher Education and Global, to find out more about examples of the case studies and discussions happening in each SIG/MIG.

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. No meeting in August.
  • Design SIG meets on last Tuesday of the month at 2pm ET. The next meeting is Tuesday, August 25th at 2pm ET.
  • Government / Military MIG meets the first Friday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is Friday, September 4th at 12pm ET.
  • Higher Education MIG meets the first Tuesday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is Tuesday, September 1st at 12pm ET.
  • Global/Localisation SIG meets the first Friday of the month at 9am ET. No meeting in September.
  • pK-12 MIG meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is Wednesday, September 9th at 12pm ET.
  • Students and Grads SIG is on hiatus.
  • Tools SIG meets on the last Thursday of the month at 2pm ET. The next meeting is Thursday, August 27th at 2pm ET.
  • Workforce MIG (formerly Corporate MIG)meets on the last Friday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is Friday, August 28th 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].