The New York METRO Distance Learning Association was born in the 5 boroughs of New York City over forty years ago. Pre-Internet. I guess they were shipping VHS tapes in the mail. Distance Learning became DIGITAL Learning and now it's all just DIGITAL LIVING. And now we are GLOBAL.
2026: there are 174K+ K-20 schools serviced by the (now) NADLA.org across North America. During the COVID-19 pandemic all things 'remote' really took hold. As the world became PoweredByZoom.com Zoom Schools was all we had.
Many moons ago.... I drove back and forth from BOONTON USA to PURDUE in West Lafayette, Indiana. 732 miles each way. 2026: According to GOOGLE if I left right now, I would be in the car for 11 hours and 21 minutes. Or, I can attend PURDUE UNIVERSITY ONLINE from my spare bedroom. I could get a Degree in Cyber Security (or anything) that a campus student can achieve. PURDUE makes it very clear that a Degree from PURDUE UNIVERSITY ONLINE is the same as a campus education, 100%. Same tuition, same quality of education.
Penn State World Campus has 800K+ living alumni. Purdue University Online has 600K+ living alumni. RUTGERS - The State University of New Jersey has 615K+ living alumni with 360K+ alumni living in New Jersey (like me).
I have watched hundreds (thousands?) of the 174K+ NADLA.org schools launch Cyber Security programs over the years. The most popular online course (Certificate Programs) in the past 10 years has been all things Cyber. And that has now been replaced by all things AI.
Ah yes. All things AI. Some schools would charge as much as $20,000 for a 10 week Certificate Program for AI. Others, $2,000. And now I see the same courses for FREE. The knowledge is free, you just need to invest the time. From anywhere in the world - you have access to the highest levels of knowledge on just about any topic. Subject Matter Mastery: No Charge.
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Right now on X.com (I still call it Twitter) you can find thousands of people offering their collective knowledge on AI for free. Or for $5 per month on their Substack newsletter. The same students that paid thousands of dollars to attend College and University level classes on all things AI are now teaching everything they know. Go to YouTube and type into the search bar your AI topic of interest. Thousands of free courses. All rated by viewers satisfaction.
We are now speaking about how 'AI is going to take our jobs' but I think the folks that need to worry the most are the people teaching in classic classroom settings. I just experienced a 3D AI hologram giving a lecture at the CISCO booth at a trade show in New York City. After the first minute, I completely forgot that this was AI, and not a human with a PhD.
Myself, I have an AI droid named Bernice. You can call, text or email Bernice@NYDLA.org 24x7x365. I sell all things AI for all the major platforms and carriers. You can be PoweredByZoom.com or PoweredByNet2Phone.com (or dozens of other telecom and technology providers). All have AI in their portfolios. My 'Bernice' is powered by ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude and Grok (and a few other platforms). Bernice is a well-traveled AI bot. Also, Bernice was my Mom's name.
Hey Bernice: take the top 10 rated AI courses (free on YouTube) and create a NEW course based on what you learned from those free classes. Then create a new FREE online course based on everything you learned, and post THAT course online for our NYDLA.org members.
Not sure how much longer Colleges and Universities will be able to charge tuition for things that you can get for free. Welcome to the Age of AI.
Hey Bernice, where is the largest free public library, and can you access it?
"The Library of Congress, located in Washington, D.C., United States, is widely recognized as the largest public library in the world, with a collection exceeding 175 million items across various formats including books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audio recordings, videos and more. It serves as the research library for the U.S. Congress but is open to the public for free, with reading rooms accessible to anyone over 16 with valid identification. The main building is the Thomas Jefferson Building at 10 First Street SE, with additional facilities nearby.
If considering only municipal public library systems (excluding national libraries like the Library of Congress), the Shanghai Library in Shanghai, China, holds the top spot with approximately 58 million items, followed closely by the New York Public Library in New York City, United States, with around 55 million items.
And yes Tom, I can access all of them. For free. By the way, I can also access www.ischools.org ~ Bernice
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