This research will try to describe the reasons and motives which produce the programs of artist-in-residence (A.I.R) and international mobility by the phenomena of globalization with the four main bodies: the organization of operating residence program, art centre, artist, funding. Furthermore, the researcher will analyse the A.I.R. programs by three operating strategies: to set up the international cultural policy; to practie the international support and the fellowship; to establish the platform of international network. The exploration are as following: 1. To clarify the meaning and value of A.I.R and discuss the strategies and patterns. 2. According to the international A.I.R. and mobility programs. To examine and analysis the models of carrying out in other countries by the above three strategies. 3. To analyse and discuss the possibilities of A.I.R and Mobility program executed by Taiwan¡¦s Government , to suggest the operating prcedures and evaluation of official operation by Taiwan¡¦s government. Also, this research will take the operation of foreign examples as comparative cases and take their models to generalize the strategies and evaluations of official operation by Taiwan¡¦s government. These strategies are literature review, research in the internet, case studies, interview, fieldwork. Firstly, the literature review will include the evolution of artistic ecology for artists, the themes of A.I.R., and the tendency of globalization. Secondly, to analyze the operating strategies and provide the suggestion from the aspects of residence program, fellowship project, the scene of residence. Finally, the study will advise the official organizations, artists and art centre managers those who concern about the programs of A.I.R and International mobility as specific suggestion and strategies.

Thesis (D. Ed.)--Ball State University, 2009. / "November 2008." Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Nov. 11, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-216).

Collaboration has become a critical trend in the field of distance education. Many studies indicated that academic administrators believe in the positive impact of distance education, but they did not consider their roles in making distance learning programs effective. It is beneficial to investigate the administrators’ perceptions of establishing relationships with the other partners for enhancing the competitive advantages of their distance learning programs. This study examines the incentives that drive distance education administrators to consider collaboration. It also reveals how the administrator’s role influences the function and development of collaboration. In order to uncover administrators’ incentives for interorganizational coordination, this study implemented semi-structured interviews and document reviews for data collection through a case named INAC, which was an international academic joint venture by using videoconferencing technology. Eight interviewees comprised two higher-level administrators, 4 mid-level administrators, and 2 lower administrators. The open and axial coding techniques were used to process collected data. The findings indentified four administrative incentives: the opportunity of international exchanges, technology, organizational prestige, and commercialization. These incentives influenced the interorganizational coordination in terms of goals development, participant recruitment, resource leveraging, communication enhancing, and course design. In addition, the INAC project was compared with the literature based on Mattessich’s model (2003). It illustrated how the collaboration components, such as leadership, evaluation, communication, goals, budget, and technology, influenced the development of interorganizational coordination in the practical context. / Department of Educational Studies