Moreover, models and knowledge objects can be associated and displayed in a multilevel mode, models may be filtered in order to retain some types of knowledge objects or links. Neighborhood models can automatically be created by regrouping all knowledge objects at a certain distance from a given knowledge object, and finally, a knowledge object can be linked to any type of document using the OLE standard such as a word processor, slide presentation, Web browser, spreadsheet and database. These tool characteristics allow learning systems designers or contents experts to build different types of graphic models that represent the knowledge domain involved. The MOT editor is particularly useful in learning systems engineering where model and knowledge types must be carefully distinguished in order to orient the choice of pedagogical and media processing. Moreover, it can be used advantageously in fields such as processes reengineering or method design.
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