| Style | Literature | Features | University | Software packages |
| question-driven | | purely case-based course design | University of Toronto | Excel, Matlab or AMPL language |
| | mini case studies | Manchester Business School | need computational software or IT skills | |
| | case-based course design | Louisiana Tech University | need computational software | |
| | problem-based course design | Duquesne University | _ | |
| model-driven | | active learning, software algorithm-oriented | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
R-language |
| | games as pedagogical tools | University of Louisville | ILOG CPLEX | |
| Knowledge-driven | | principles and guidelines for minicourse design | Macquarie University |
not mentioned |
| project-driven | | project-based course design | Harvey Mudd College | need computational software |
| data-driven | | data-driven analytical framework | University of Winchester Business School | Excel, SPSS, Python-language or R-language |
| | data-driven course development for service engineering | The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
R-language | |
| | Student-centered approach, spreadsheet-native modeling | University of San Francisco | Excel | |
| | Online teaching at a large scale | McMaster University | Excel |