Methodology for Supporting Novel Model of E-Learning Platform in Grid Architecture 319 Fig. 4. A complex route selections Then, by following the order Stage 0 Stage1 Stage2 Stage3, we can look for the corresponding routes and add up to the count values before comparing both of the total count values of each routes at the same level and the maximum potential value of the next level. If both values are large, it indicates that we have located the best route and do not have to continue. In the following example. 11:1 3 1 2.2 3 1.1 7 0 =→→→ VVVVStep 22:2 3 13 1.2 2 1.1 7 0 =→→→ VVVVStep 22:3 3 1 2.2 16 2.1 5 0 =→→→ VVVVStep 27:4 3 13 1.2 9 2.1 5 0 =→→→ VVVVStep When we realize that the fourth total count of 27 is higher than the V 0 V 1.2 V 2.2 V 3 =22 at the same level and the maximum potential value of 3+10+13=26. At the next level, we can be sure that the most popular route is V 0 V 1.2 V 2.1 V 3 = 27. We have located the best route in the forth step. Now we can save the analysis result in the database for updating the web framework. Finally, we add PHP commands to the web for regular reading of data and linkage in the database, while updating web hyperlinks as a way to adjust the web framework. The following shows a fragment of PHP command: <p><a href="% Firework1_url %"> % Firework1_name % </a></p> Here, Firework1 _url stands for the website of a specific Web file name in the Web server, such as “Firework1.htm”. Firework1_name is a specific record in the database which stores the mining result. This kind of web updating used to be conducted manually by reading the data first (ranking, for instance) before the administrator’s manual updating of hyperlink. From now on, all we have to do is trigger the automated updating system. The web will update its links by following the latest result of mining. Substitution of Web Usage Mining for web ranking will be more of an objective, as Mining result stands for “behavior” of all browsers on the web, not only ranking. 320 T. Chen 5 Conclusion and Future Works At present, most E-Learning environment architectures use single computers or serv- ers as their structural foundations. The innovative E-Learning architecture is pre- sented, as it can solve current E-Learning platform problems. To make resources in the Learning Grid platform available to users, we have to setup a Grid Portal, which can monitor resources on the grid, use GridFTP to transmit data within the grid, and use the Proxy Manager to manage the CA in the Grid. Also, a prototype of E- Learning platform using grid technologies is proposed, built up using a number of open source Learning Management System in a heterogeneous environment. In the future we hope that instant messengers would be integrated as another portlet in our portal. 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Multimedia instruction is a good approach for learners to construct meaningful knowledge and to make referential connections between mental representations. This paper proposes a multi-monitor approach for constructing a multimedia aided learning system supported by some popular tools such as Mi- crosoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Based on the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, this aided system is realized to combine and support verbal and pictorial forms. As a result, teachers can easily develop their teaching materials and present reference mate- rials on two different monitors or screens. Our experiment reveals that by using the MMD system to simultaneously present musical notations and a listening map the results using multimedia presentation are superior to those of the con- ventional instruction methods when it comes to learning achievement and crea- tive ability. Keywords: Multimedia learning, Multi-monitor Displays, Music Learning, Pedagogical Issues. 1 Introduction Music notation is a written symbol using a five-line staff, with notes placed on the staff to represent the relative duration and pitch of a sound. All music should be written as music notation for ease of reading, understanding, and playing [1]. However, music notation is comparatively abstract and not readily understood by pupils when they are unfamiliar with symbols and with the pitch of the notes [2]. Newman points out those children will be disturbed in volume and pitch [3]. Children believe that singing louder will produce a higher pitch. Therefore, teachers must teach student to distinguish the level of sound through some form of visual assist. Some students find that reading music is difficult. When the music appreciation instructional-activity comes to a high-level cognitive activity, such as timbre, dynamics, rhythm, melody, harmony, Constructing a Multi-Monitor Displays System for Learning 323 structure, and texture, pupils unfamiliar with musical notation often take only a timid step forward. This situation may limit students’ music awareness and cognition, and even result in them no longer being interested in learning music. In the development history of the artists, although music and painting are different, the creation of music and painting has been linked for a long time, and their artistic concep- tions have some things in common. For example, in education, for painting assisted music teaching, Hair showed that pupils, from kindergarten to sixth grade that attend music class for 30 minutes a week, are superior to expressing only with the languages for the music element [4]. Cassidy took 68 university students as a sample, and found that students who major in music education can distinguish the position a melody is carried on better than students who do not major in music education because of their inadequate experience [5]. Gromko and Russell utilized the ‘listening map’ to teach, and found that this made it relatively easy to distinguish a pair of melodies from one another [6]. They also found that the listening map made it easy to distinguish the music elements and read the notes. Tan and Kelly stated that music can assist a student’s creative and thinking ability while painting [7]. It seems that it improves their motivation and promotes the learning effect. Therefore, listening map is a valuable teaching aid for the music-listening lesson because it visually represents exactly where musical events take place making it easier for children to understand musical relationships. Mednick was of the opinion that an individual will raise his/her creativity and pro- duce something new related to his/her experience [8]. Mayer thought that it is helpful to arouse the creativity by presenting pictorial and textual information at the same time [9]. Better learning will occur when presenting words and pictures than words alone. The above findings inspired us to design the Multi-monitor Displays (MMD) system for presenting music notation and to design a listening map to connect at the same time the common visual and verbal materials used in assisting students with music learning. By showing the listening map (such as musical symbols and picture notations) to ap- pear as music elements, teachers can select graphic representations that symbolize the musical features and notations in a visual format in order to enhance the learning of music elements. 2 Literature Review 2.1 Multiple Monitors More display surface enlarges the amount of information that is visible to the user at any given moment, in addition to providing a more comfortable reading space. Most of users multitask today and feel that a single monitor offers a limited display surface [10]. Several screens allow for several documents to be easily presented simultaneously. Users can easily read several documents placed on different monitors. The topology of multi-monitors in software was defined by Microsoft, who called it a virtual screen. Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP all support multiple monitors on a single system. To use the multiple-monitor supporting feature, an AGP or PCI display adapter is needed for each monitor or a specific display adapter to drive two or more monitors. . result in them no longer being interested in learning music. In the development history of the artists, although music and painting are different, the creation of music and painting has been linked. Li, T.: Mining web logs for prediction models in WWW caching and prefetching. In: Proceedings of The Seventh ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining KDD 2001,. system. The web will update its links by following the latest result of mining. Substitution of Web Usage Mining for web ranking will be more of an objective, as Mining result stands for “behavior”