Introduction

Many people are uncomfortable when the words learning and engineering are used together. The goals of science and engineering are different. The goal of science is to discover the truth about the world as it is. In teams with multiple learning engineers, the work may be organized by smaller role-based teams that influence decisions about different aspects of the iterative design. Like Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau and the engineering team at Pfizer, they took a scientific discovery and engineered a solution that helps hundreds of millions of people. Learning engineers and learning engineering teams apply the learning sciences using engineering design processes and data-informed decision-making to create the conditions for optimal learning. Learning engineering takes a systemic view of learners’ broad experiences, including the life experiences that impact their learning.