Systematic investigation of e learning technological tools and resources to support tutorstextquoteright design of educational content is at the core of the ongoing research in Higher Education. Data mining is one step at the core of the knowledge discovery process, dealing with the extraction of patterns and relationships from large amounts of data. Today, most enterprises are actively collecting and storing large databases. Aim of this paper is to present basic characteristics of \emph{Design for Pedagogy tool (D4P), }asa learning- design- oriented tool developed in Hellenic Open University (HOU) which provides support on HOU tutors for designing learning activities and space for storing educational material and activitiestextquoteright structures. This paper outlines the scope, methodology rationale, background design of D4P, reporting on preliminary user testing. The application presented aims to provide scaffold and support to educators for embedding Learning Technology tools into their Open and Distance Learning courses.

International Standards in High and Open and Distance Education are used for developing Open Educational Resources (OERs). Current issues in e-learning community are the specification of learning chunks and the definition of describing designs for different units of learning (activities, units, courses) in a generic though expandable format. Developing educational content, courseware and pedagogical tools to support Subject Matter Experts in their educational practice is a challenging task for the Instructional Design Field. This papertextquoterights aim is to introduce a user oriented design methodology for Open and Distance Learning (ODL) activities orchestrating pedagogical tools so as to develop e-learning activities in Hellenic Open University (HOU) by the use of Boundary Objects (BOs).