OMDE 601 Week 5 New Institutional Forms - The Iron Triangle Conference Post Based on the authors learning,

and what the author brings to the discussion, the author agrees with John Daniel (as cited in Peters, 2010, p. 69). The use of learning and teaching structured media was a significant development of distance education. Moreover, empirical studies on teaching techniques, course development, and field experts are critical elements in higher education pedagogic in distance education. Sir John Daniel (2009), in his speech titled, Internationalization, Regionalsation, and Gobalisation: Breaking out of the Iron Triangle (http://www.col.org/resources/speeches/2009presentation/Pages/2009-0...), the scholar said political influences want three (triangle) aims from higher education systems: wide access, high quality, and low cost (Daniel (2009). According to Daniel (2009), higher learning institutions would like to stretch the triangle and provide greater access, higher quality, and lower cost, although these three triangles are often challenging. Daniel asserts that by globalization waves of technology, technology has transformed the iron triangle, and higher learning institutions are stretching the iron triangle. In his speech, Daniel (2009) cites the example of the UK Open University model as stretching the iron triangle. Daniel quote the UK OU has having over 200,000 students, and over one million alumni. The UK OU got Englands Teaching Quality Assessment recognition. In Daniels (2009) speech to the World Conference on Higher education, Daniel claims technologies allow some higher education systems to stretch the iron triangle without the economies of scale. Daniel uses India, Pakistan, and Britain as examples. Although Daniels

view may hold true in certain under developing, as well as developing countries, his perspective does not hold true in many countries. For example, in the training/institution where the author works for, the costs for providing global distance education courses steady increase due to ever changing industry technologies. The organization is reducing its administrative support staff, to offset economies of scale in technology course delivery. Modern technology helps students because students use computers, but they also use digital devices like I pads and I telephones to access course work. Teachers and learners, students/students, and students and administrators can communicate with instructors and administrative support staff. In a sense, the writers organization is using strategies to stretch the iron triangle. References Daniel, J. (2009) Internationalization, Regionalization and Globalization: Breaking out of the Iron Triangle. World Conference on Higher Education. Retrieved from (http://www.col.org/resources/speeches/2009presentation/Pages/2009-0 Peters, O. (2001). Learning and teaching in distance education. New York: Routledge.