ICICLE
International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering

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  • June 2025 Newsletter

    ICICLE Update and June 2025 Community Call with Andy Johnson, Specifications and Standards Manager for Advanced Distributed Learning and Chair, IEEE Standards Association Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) Learning Metadata Standard and xAPI Profiles Standard Working Groups

    The ICICLE monthly community call is June 18th at 12pm ET. Exploring how learning technology standards can be applied to components in the learning engineering process, Andy Johnson, Specifications and Standards Manager for Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative and Vice-Chair, IEEE Standard Association Learning Technology Standards Committee, will focus on how the IEEE P2881 Learning Metadata standard will get learning activities identified, tagged, and online to describe learning experiences and ensure discoverability and context. Andy is a leader in developing learning technology standards. He is currently the Chair of IEEE P2881 Learning Metadata Working Group and Chair of IEEE P9274.2.1 xAPI Profiles Working Group, author of Total Learning Architecture Standards Digital Learning Acquisition Techniques and one of the original developers of SCORM.

    We’ll be meeting via Webex. (See details below with meeting code and password.) It is scheduled for one hour’s length. Full agenda will be posted here.


    Learning about Learning Engineering

    The next Invitation to Learning Engineering webinar will be hosted by the Government and Military Market Interest Group on Friday, July 18th at 9am PT/Noon ET.

    The Global Science of Learning Network will be examining the Science of Learning and Learning Engineering in an AI World in a webinar with Bror Saxberg, Shafika Isaacs and Melina Uncapher on Friday, June 20th at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT.

    Carnegie Mellon University‘s Open Learning Initiative is holding a Learning Engineering Catalyst, a monthly forum dedicated to addressing the critical gap between contemporary research in learning sciences and practical online course design. The next forum is Tuesday, June 24th at 1pm ET.

    The Online Learning Summit at University of Leeds on July 10th-11th will explore core themes and emerging areas of discussion in the online learning sector and beyond. The “Provocation: Learning Engineering as Engine of Change” on July 10th will be talking all things Learning Engineering with Jim Goodell, diving into what this is, how it complements approaches to learning design, and applying it to solve a challenge.  


    On June 23rd Learning Engineering: Stories from the Field Parallel Session will be held at the 7th International Conference on Adaptive Instructional Systems at HCI International 2025:


    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 Friday, June 27th at 3pm ET .
    • Design SIG is meeting on Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 at 2pm ET.
    • Government / Military MIG is meeting Friday, July 11th at 12:00pm ET.
    • Higher Ed MIG is meeting on Tuesday, July 1st at 12pm ET.
    • pK-12 MIG is on hiatus until September. 
    • Students and Grads SIG is on hiatus until August.
    • Tools SIG is meeting on Thursday, June 26th, 2025 at 2pm ET.
    • Workforce MIG (formerly Corporate MIG) is meeting on Friday, June 27th, 2025 at 12pm ET.
  • May 2025 Newsletter

    Professors Olle Bälter and Ric Glassey, innovators in educational engineering and leaders of the Technology-Enhanced Learning research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology University in Sweden share insights on Pure Question-Based Learning (pQBL).

  • April 2025 Newsletter

    Jeanine A. DeFalco, an adaptive training and learning research scientist, will discuss how the Recommended Practice for Ethically Aligned Design of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Adaptive Instructional Systems (AIS) standard provides a comprehensive framework for incorporating ethical considerations into advanced, AI-driven adaptive learning environments and how it aligns with ethical considerations in the learning engineering process.

  • March 2025 Newsletter

    Part II with Will Thalheimer from Work-Learning Research who will share the rest of the story that he started in December 2024 on learning evaluation, data for decision-making and implications for learning engineering.

  • February 2025 Newsletter

    Deb Adair, CEO, Quality Matters will be sharing how Quality Matters applies quality improvement and quality assurance in learning environments and their role of within the learning environment process.

  • January 2025 Newsletter

    ICICLEists, Aaron Kessler, Design SIG co-chair, and Shelly Blake-Plock, former chair of ICICLE, will share tools and practices on the design and implementation of learning engineering.

  • December 2024 Newsletter

    Carnegie Learning joins the call to further discuss learning engineering from “Invitation to Learning Engineering” webinar

  • November 2024 Newsletter

    Will Thalheimer, a leading innovator in workplace learning evaluation, shares ideas on November community call about learning evaluation, data for decision-making, and impact, discussing their importance and relevance to learning engineering.

  • October 2024 Newsletter

    Avron Barr, principal of Aldo Ventures, Inc., will be sharing his recent experience advising an organization in India to design a course for teachers on AI in education.

  • September 2024 Newsletter

    Daniel Jarratt, Chief Technical and Innovation Officer, and Thomas Christie, Director of Learning Engineering of the Learning Engineering Virtual Institute (LEVI) speaking about the collaborations,tools and projects at LEVI and how learning engineering shapes the process.

  • August 2024 Newsletter

    Check out the conference workbook!

  • July 2024 Newsletter

    At the ICICLE 2024 conference, we’ll have 80+ sessions across a range of topics, sectors and applications.

  • June 2024 Newsletter

    Amy Parent, Director of Learning Ecosystem and Strategy, Salience Learning, telling the story of learning impact

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