- December 2025 Newsletter
ICICLE Update and December 2025 Community Call: Guest speaker is You! Members of the ICICLE community. Join the conversation to share LE stories from 2025 and plans for 2026!
The ICICLE monthly community call is December 17th at 12pm ET. We’re thrilled to have as our guest speakers: the ICICLE community! We want to hear from you. Join the conversation and bring your passion for learning engineering. Share your learning engineering stories in 2025 and plans for 2026. We’ll lead the discussion with an overview of cross-cutting themes and what’s been happening in ICICLE SIGs, MIGs and across the community as well as discuss ideas for 2026. It will be an engaging and enthusiastic conversation. Don’t miss it!
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.
Talking about Learning Engineering
In the paper, “Capturing Elusive Technology: Designing a Course on AI for Learning and Development Practitioners,” Rafael Leonardo da Silva, Assistant Professor at Boise State University, shares how he designed and developed an AI in Learning and Development course using the learning engineering process. Course development and iterations considered learner characteristics and was informed by data related to student needs and student feedback. Rafael used the Learning Engineering Evidence and Decision (LEED) Tracker to track decisions and changes in the course.
Learning Engineering Podcast is a series of eight conversations with people working in the field at all levels. It was created as an educational experience to introduce listeners to the field of learning engineering. It is hosted by Scotty Craig, Associate Professor at Arizona State University and Director in the Learning Engineering Institute.
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, December 16th, 2025 at 1pm ET.
- Design SIG is meeting on Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 at 2pm ET. No meeting in December due to holidays.
- Government / Military MIG is meeting on Friday, January 9th (TBD), 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Higher Ed MIG is meeting on Tuesday, January 6th, 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Global/Localisation SIG is on Friday, February 6th, 2026 at 9am ET. No meeting in January due to holidays.
- pK-12 MIG is meeting on Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Students and Grads SIG is meeting on Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 at 3pm ET.
- Tools SIG is not meeting in November or December due to the holidays.
- Workforce MIG (formerly Corporate MIG) is meeting on Friday, December 19th, 2025 at 12pm ET.
We look forward to seeing you at our December 16th community call, in the ICICLE LinkedIn group, or on the Discord community. Our next community call is January 21, 2026.
