National Convention organised by the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), 17-18 May 2005, New Delhi, India, Impact of Developments in communication technology on educational and social message communication By: Sir John Daniel, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning // The Commonwealth of Learning is proud to support the National Convention on 'Impact of Developments in communication technology on educational and social message communication' being organised by the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC). India is an acknowledged leader in technological developments and these must be appropriately harnessed to increase access, improve quality and cut the costs of higher education in the country. // Fortunately, a series of developments in the use of technology promises to re-shape this 'iron triangle' of access, quality and cost. These developments combine steadily widening access to information and communications technology, which we call connectivity, with new ways of using connectivity in education. I refer not simply to eLearning, but to the blossoming of the Free Open Source Software movement and its application to eLearning.