You can download the final report (PDF) for the ON Course poject. Here are the conclusions and recommendations.

• Implementing a programme/course management system is a large, complex project.  Before embarking on it, an institution must ensure it has the time, people and funding available to make it a success.  Stakeholders at senior management team level must actively support and drive the project.
• The development of curricula within HEIs is a primary responsibility of academic staff. The implementation of a course management system should therefore include academics as key stakeholders.
• The time needed to populate a new, structured system from existing unstructured information should not be underestimated.  It is likely that it will have to be done manually, and will take considerable time and effort.
• Extensive and properly structured data about programmes can lead to more innovative uses of the information elsewhere.  Without a common, consistent structure and means of access, re-use (internal, public and third-party) is almost impossible.
• The provision of an XCRI-CAP feed was, correctly, a minimum requirement for the JISC programme of funding. However, institutions should recognise the value of their full programme data on a much broader level, understanding that it offers insights into one of its core activities (teaching and learning) and can inform other change management programmes across the campus.[1]
• Application development around the use of course data has so far tended to be marketing-focused. However through the use of visualisations and interactive tools, it could be put to much wider use. The HE community should consider how the use of course data might fundamentally change the design of curricula and provide the basis for discussion between staff and students about the re-production of academic life. Improving the level of oversight and insight into the core activity of teaching and learning can reveal and help question existing constraints in the curriculum design and QA processes, for example.[2]
• Course data, alongside other datasets (e.g. space utilisation, research activity, energy use, facilities, etc.) provides unprecedented insight into the nature of our organisations. Institutional managers should approach their organisations as objects of research and development. The knowledge and skills exist within HEIs, among students and staff, to better understand, critique and develop the form of the organisation.
• Data visualisation techniques provide a new and novel oversight of large and rich course datasets. However, due to the complexity of this data, the use of static visualisations quickly reaches their limit. Software applications are needed that help staff and students interact with the data and model new pathways to learning, reveal greater opportunities for collaborative and cross-disciplinary teaching, and critically evaluate the history and future of the institution.