- April 2025 Newsletter
ICICLE April 2025 Community Call: Jeanine DeFalco, Director of Innovation, U.S. Defense Acquisition University and Vice-Chair, IEEE Computer Society AI Standards Committee
The ICICLE monthly community call is April 16th at 12pm ET. We are thrilled that Jeanine A. DeFalco, an adaptive training and learning research scientist, who is currently serving as Director of Innovation and Experimentation with the U.S. Defense Acquisition University, will be our guest speaker this month. She is the vice-chair for the IEEE Computer Society Artificial Intelligence Standards Committee (C/AISC) and under IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee, chair for P2247.4 Recommended Practice for Ethically Aligned Design of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Adaptive Instructional Systems (AIS).
Jeanine will discuss how the Recommended Practice for Ethically Aligned Design of AI in 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. She will share best practices for the integration of ethical principles in the design and implementation of AI systems in education, ensuring that technological advancements are aligned with societal and user values.
The Invitation to Learning Engineering held on 26th March 2025 explored the application of learning engineering across post-secondary contexts. This session highlighted use cases from ICICLE Higher Education Market Interest Group members, Marilu Lam-Herrera from CPA Western School of Business and Lauren Totino and Aaron Kessler from MIT.
Watch the recording and view the presentation.
Applying Learning Engineering Principles
In the webinar, Crazy Idea: What If We Use Engineering to Develop and Deliver Engineering Education?, organized by International Federation of Engineering Education Societies, Global Engineering Deans Council and Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education, Abul Azad and Jim Goodell explore how learning engineering can be used to enhance the educational process and how engineering educators can adopt these approaches to solve common challenges in the classroom and improve student outcomes.
SchoolSims applies learning engineering principles, cognitive task analysis (CTA), and naturalistic decision-making (NDM) to transform teacher preparation through simulation-based experiential learning. With cognitively authentic, scenario-based training, educators confront complex situations, make decisions, implement actions, and see the results.
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, April 25th at 3pm ET .
- Design SIG is meeting on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 at 2pm ET.
- Government / Military MIG is meeting on Friday, May 2nd at 12pm ET.
- Higher Ed MIG is meeting on Tuesday, May 6th at 12pm ET.
- Global/Localisation SIG is not meeting in May.
- pK-12 MIG is meeting on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at 12pm ET.
- Students and Grads SIG is meeting on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at 4pm ET.
- Tools SIG is meeting on Thursday, April 29th, 2025 at 2pm ET.
- Workforce MIG (formerly Corporate MIG) is meeting on Friday, April 28th, 2025 at 12pm ET.
