1.2 IDEALS Introduction

Intelligent DEsign-Aware Learning analytics empowered 21C Learning & Teaching System (IDEALS) is an intelligent system designed to enhance learning and teaching experiences.

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Starting September 2025, the IDEALS platform is available for public subscription, empowering educators—especially primary and secondary school teachers—to create structured, outcome-aligned learning experiences. 

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Figure 1.1 Workflow of IDEALS

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Two main platforms of IDEALS have been well-known by our users: Learning Design System (LDS) and Interactive Learning and Assessment Platform (iLAP). The last part of the system is the Design-aware Learning Analytics and Visualization (DLAV). Through a suite of learning analytics plug-ins, it supports learning design evaluations, (remove the comma here cuz in the CITE introduction, you didn't add comma before 'and') and refinement recommendation for teachers.

Learning Design Studio (LDS) is a pedagogically grounded productivity and collaboration platform for professionals in the Learning Design (LD), Learning Analytics (LA), and Education communities (particularly those interested in using LD to support Teacher Inquiry of Student Learning (TISL)).   The platform provides users with easy-to-use learning design patterns for various subjects, supplemented by guidance on setting learning outcomes, curriculum components and visual analysis on learning design.

Interactive Learning and Assessment Platform (iLAP) serves as a versatile learning management system that can be accessed by both teachers and students. These platforms are interconnected, enabling the selected tools in LDS to be conveniently transferred into usable tools on iLAP, which then collect student learning data for learning analysis.