Das Paper präsentiert die Software Learning Environment Organizer (LEO) als Erweiterung der Software cmap Tools. Mit dem Programm können Lerneinheiten geplant und die Struktur der Lerneinheiten den Studierenden präsentiert werden. Diese Methode dient den Designern als Planungswerkzeug und den Studierenden als Advance Organizer.

This work describes a software program named LEO, a Learning Environment Organizer that provides information and knowledge visualization capabilities to students and instructors. LEO provides a Concept Map-like interface that in enhanced with extra features for course design and delivery. As such, it serves as a meta-cognitive tool for course designers and an advance organizer for students. This article contains a description of how LEO supports information and knowledge visualization for students and instructors, in the context of courseware development and course delivery.

John W. Coffey describes in his contribution titled "LEO: A Concept Map Based Course Visualization Tool for Instructors and Students" a learning environment organizer (LEO) that provides students and instructors with information and knowledge visualization capabilities. LEO serves as a meta-cognitive tool for course designers and an advanced organizer for students. It is an extension of the CmapTools developed by Cañas and associates. LEO helps to visualize and plan a course organization by using a concept map. The concept map itself is used as a knowledgebased visualization of the structure of course components and provides interactive access to the materials. The contribution of Coffey meshes well with the goals of this book. It presents an approach integrating both fields of research knowledge and information visualization in a synergistic manner.