ICICLE Update and November 2025 Community Call with Robert Laurie, Director, Publisher and Platform Partnerships, Benetech, Software for Social Good
The ICICLE monthly community call is November 19th at 12pm ET. We’re thrilled to have as our guest speaker Robert Laurie, Director, Publisher and Platform Partnerships for Benetech. Benetech creates software for social good in the areas of education, employment, and social inclusion. They provide learning materials and support to students with learning disabilities in low- and middle-income countries and underserved communities and develop inclusive technology to empower these learners to access knowledge. Robert will be sharing with the community their work around creating pathways to educational equity.
We’ll be meeting via Webex for the community call. (See details below with meeting code and password.) It is scheduled for one hour’s length. Full agenda will be posted here.
If you missed the Invitation to Learning Engineering webinar, “Advancing Workforce Learning through Learning Engineering,” watch the recording of the webinar with ICICLE Workforce Market Interest Group co-chairs, DJ Jaeger and John Costa and review the presentation. You will discover how learning engineering supports workforce transformation through data-informed design, system-level thinking, and evidence-based practices that link learning to performance outcomes.
Talking about Learning Engineering
The Learning Engineering Research Network (LERN) Convening, hosted by the ASU Learning Engineering Institute, is accepting proposals for papers and poster for the “From Insights to Implementation: Learning Engineering in Action” convening, Feb. 3–4, 2026. in Tempe, Arizona, USA The convening will showcase the latest advances in AI, design, and education research, and will feature keynotes, panels, and research presentations. Submissions are welcome across disciplines: proposal guidelines and proposal submission form.
The Learning Engineering Networking Event happens the first Wednesday of the month at 1:00pm ET. Share your work, get feedback on your ideas, and meet others who care about data- and research-driven improvements in learning technology.
A summary of ICICLE work is in an article that explores the application of IEEE‑inspired human-centered learning engineering in learning and development experiences: Learning Engineering: Bridging Design, Data, And Science by Samir Das in eLearning Industry.
Special and Market Interest Group Work
Special Interest Groups and Market Interest Groups is where much of the work in ICICLE happens. The groups develop resources and document experiences for the learning engineering community. Participate in one, two or all of them.
Please check SIG/MIG page for general information, the calendar for meeting days/times and the website for updates. (Times are in Eastern Time.)
- Competencies, Credentials and Curriculum SIG is meeting in Tuesday, November 18th at 12pm ET .
- Design SIG is meeting on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 at 2pm ET.
- Government / Military MIG is meeting on Friday, December 5th at 12pm ET.
- Higher Ed MIG is meeting on Tuesday, December 2nd at 12pm ET.
- Global/Localisation SIG is on Friday, December 5th at 9am ET.
- pK-12 MIG is meeting on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 at 12pm ET.
- Students and Grads SIG is meeting on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 at 4pm ET.
- Tools SIG is not meeting in November or December due to the holidays.
- Workforce MIG (formerly Corporate MIG) is meeting on Friday, November 21st, 2025 at 12pm ET.
We look forward to seeing you at our November 19th community call with Robert Laurie from Benetech, in the ICICLE LinkedIn group, or on the Discord community. Our next community call is December 17th.