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) Industry Connections (IC) program. ICICLE stands for IC Industry Consortium on Learning Engineering.

Monthly meetings are the third Wednesday of the month. The next meeting is Wednesday, June 20th, 2023 at 12 pm ET here.  Check out the May 2023 Newsletter.

The IEEE ICICLE 2023 Learning Engineering Conference is July 24th-26th at Carnegie Mellon University. Join us in Pittsburgh, PA USA for expert-led presentations, interactive sessions and technology showcase sessions discussing the profession, practice and process of learning engineering.

Monthly Special Interest Group (SIG)/Market Interest Group (MIG) meetings are as follows. The link for each SIG/MIG has meeting info/link, notes, and agendas.

  • Corporate MIG meets on the last Friday of the month at 11am ET. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 26th at 11am ET.
  • Design SIG meets on last Tuesday of the month at 2pm ET. The next meeting is Tuesday, May 30th at 2pm ET.
  • Tools SIG meets on the last Thursday of the month at 2pm ET. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 25th at 2pm ET.
  • Competencies, Credentials and Curriculum SIG is meeting Friday, May 26th at 3pm ET.
  • Higher Ed MIG meets the first Tuesday of the month at 12pm ET.  The next meeting is Tuesday, June 6th at 12pm ET.
  • pK-12 MIG meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 12pm ET. The next meeting is Wednesday, June 14th at 12pm ET.
  • Students and Grads SIG meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 4pm ET. The next meeting is Wednesday, June 14th at 4pm ET.

What is Learning Engineering?

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

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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 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. Two learning engineering conferences have been held. The first learning engineering conference was in 2019 with participants across sectors to discuss the trends across the field and the second conference was in 2022.

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