ICICLE Update and September 2026 Community Call – A Conversation with ICICLE-ists about ICICLE Priorities, Reflections and New Directions
The ICICLE monthly community call is September 16th at 12pm ET. Once a year ICICLE takes a step back to reflect on what we have done over the past year, how our priorities have changed, and set new direction for how together we move ahead. In this month’s Community call, ICICLE Chair and Vice-Chair, Michael Jay and Jodi Lis, with the help of SIG and MIG chairs, elicit ideas for new directions and offerings promoted by ICICLE and ICICLE-ists. Put on your thinking caps and be prepared to provide input that will increase the value of your engagement with ICICLE to you and your organization. See you there!
We’ll be meeting via Webex for the community call.
Sharing AI Systems for Learning, a seminar in the Invitation to Learning Engineering Series held on August 20th hosted by ICICLE Design SIG, explored the role of learning sciences and the learning engineering process in developing AI systems. View the recording to learn about these case studies:
- “Applying the Learning Sciences to the Development of an AI Leadership Performance Coach,” with Amy Parent, co-chair of Design SIG
- “When AI Agents Become Your Learning Engineering Team: A Blueprint for the HSTCoPilot Heath and Safety Training System.” with Henry Ryng, Senior Learning Architect, inXsol
Watch the entire Invitation to Learning Engineering series here.
Happening within the Learning Engineering Community
The Learning Agency’s Learning Engineering Tools Competition is a multi-million dollar funding opportunity for ed tech innovation that leverages digital technology, big data, and learning science to meet the urgent needs of learners worldwide. It has four tracks in this year’s competition:
- Strengthening Teaching
- Reimagining Assessment
- Navigating Postsecondary Learning and Work
- Building Better Datasets
Submissions are due October 13th.
Torrance Learning has a series of upcoming Learning Innovation Technology webinars related to learning engineering process and components:
- AI Skills You’ll Need Tomorrow Aren’t the Ones You’re Tracking Today
- The Self-Updating Course: What Happens to Instructional Design When Content Maintains Itself
- Measurable by Design: Customer Learning at Scale
- Using AI for xAPI Data Analysis (MCP & Insights Assistant) and more
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 on Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Design SIG is meeting on Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 at 2pm ET.
- Government / Military MIG is meeting on Friday, October 2nd, 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Higher Ed MIG is meeting on Tuesday, October 6th at 12pm ET.
- Globalisation/Localisation SIG is meeting on Friday, October 2nd, 2026 at 9am ET.
- pK-12 MIG is meeting on Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Students and Grads SIG is on hiatus.
- Tools SIG is meeting Thursday, September 24th, 2026 at 2pm ET.
- Workforce MIG is meeting on Friday, September 25th, 2026 at 12pm ET.
We look forward to seeing you at our September 16th community call to share your reflections and new directions or in the ICICLE LinkedIn group. Our next community call is October 21st, 2026.