One of the OULDI project’s key aspirations is to enable teachers to shift away from a focus on content and subject matter to thinking more holistically and laterally about the design process. We have developed a set of conceptual representations designed to promote thinking and dialogue about different pedagogical approaches and the effective use of technologies. These representations, or ‘views’ have been developed in collaboration with the institutional ‘Course Business Models’ project at the Open University:

• The Course Map View
• The Course Dimensions view
• The Pedagogy Profile
• The Learning Outcomes view
• The Task Swimlane view

In addition, two data-driven views have been produced, one giving an indication of the cost effectiveness of the course, derived from finance data about the course and one giving an indication of the course performance, derived from student and tutor survey data and information on course retention and progression