- May 2026 Newsletter
ICICLE Update and May 2026 Community Call with Will Gray-Roncal, Principle Research Engineer, School of Education Johns Hopkins University, on their new Learning Engineering concentration within Master of Education Learning Design and Technology
The ICICLE monthly community call is May 20th at 12pm ET. We are excited to have Will Gray-Roncal, Principle Research Engineer, School of Education, School of Engineering and Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, join the community call. The Learning Engineering for Next-Generation Systems Concentration within Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology, Johns Hopkins University is launching in the Fall 2026. He will be sharing their plans and talking about learning systems and applications that he is working on to transform learning.
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.
UPCOMING EVENT
Registration opening soon
Learning Engineering Certificate and Master Degrees
Interested in a master degree and certificate programs in learning engineering? CMU’s program has been in place since 2013. Two new programs: ASU launched in Fall 2025 and JHU to launch in Fall 2026.
Master of Science in Learning Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Certificate in Learning Engineering, Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University
Learning Engineering for Next-Generation Systems Concentration within Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology, Johns Hopkins University School of Education
The Tools Special Interest Group (SIG) led by co-chairs, Erin Czerwinski and Baptiste Moreau-Pernet, hosted Invitation to Learning Engineering: Choosing Tools for Data-Driven Learning on May 14th, 2026. The seminar examined how tools can be used in service of learning engineering. A case study by Ruiwei Xiao described how the application of learning engineering process to Playlab, a pedagogical agent builder that makes AI chatbot authoring easier for educators, improved its design.
Watch the recording and view the presentation.
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 meets on second Tuesday of the month at 12 ET. The next meeting is Tuesday, June 9th, 2026 at 12 pm ET.
- Design SIG is meeting on Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 at 2pm ET.
- Government / Military MIG is meeting on Friday, June 5th, 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Higher Ed MIG is meeting on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 at 12pm ET.
- Globalisation/Localisation SIG is collaborating with pK-12 MIG. They will meet at the Globalisation meeting time on Friday, June 5th, 2026 at 9 AM ET.
- pK-12 MIG is is collaborating with Globalisation SIG. They will meet at the Globalisation meeting time on Friday, June 5th, 2026 at 9 AM ET.
- Students and Grads SIG is on summer hiatus. No meeting in June.
- Tools SIG is meeting on Thursday, May 28th, 2026 at 2pm ET.
- Workforce MIG (formerly Corporate MIG) is meeting on Friday, May 29th, 2026 at 12pm ET.
We look forward to seeing you at our May 20th community call with Will Gray-Roncal, Johns Hopkins University, in the ICICLE LinkedIn group, or on the Discord community. Our next community call is June 17th, 2026.
