{"id":64223,"date":"2025-10-11T07:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64223"},"modified":"2025-10-11T07:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:11:34","slug":"australia-solved-remote-learning-seventy-years-ago-with-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/australia-solved-remote-learning-seventy-years-ago-with-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Solved Remote Learning Seventy Years Ago\u2014with Shortwave Radio!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32668\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air.jpg 450w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia for sharing the following article about one of my favorite topics, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/school-of-the-air-celebrates-60-years-and-a-vision-of-independence\/\">which we&#8217;ve covered in the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32667 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air-624x624.png 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/School-of-the-air.png 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Long before Zoom classrooms or remote-learning platforms existed, Australia was already teaching across the outback via radio. <a href=\"https:\/\/educationdaily.au\/advancements\/australia-solved-remote-learning-seventy-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This article from <em>Education Daily<\/em><\/a> explores how the <strong><em>School of the Air<\/em> <\/strong>began in 1951 using shortwave radio and evolved into one of the world\u2019s most advanced distance education systems\u2014connecting students across half a million square miles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a brilliant look at how necessity inspired real innovation in broadcasting and education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/educationdaily.au\/advancements\/australia-solved-remote-learning-seventy-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full article at <em>Education Daily<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing the following article about one of my favorite topics, which we&#8217;ve covered in the past. Long before Zoom classrooms or remote-learning platforms existed, Australia was already teaching across the outback via radio. This article from Education Daily explores how the School of the Air began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288,43],"tags":[4895,7094,4082],"class_list":["post-64223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-school-of-the-air","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gHR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62993,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/papua-new-guinea-plans-shortwave-comeback-by-2030\/","url_meta":{"origin":64223,"position":0},"title":"Papua New Guinea Plans Shortwave Comeback by 2030","author":"Thomas","date":"May 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares a promising update from Radio New Zealand International: Papua New Guinea\u2019s national broadcaster, NBC, has announced plans to reintroduce shortwave radio as part of a strategy to achieve full nationwide coverage by 2030. 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In a world increasingly reliant on fragile digital communication networks, what happens when cyber warfare, physical attacks, or global conflict disrupt the systems we depend on? Clifford Beal explores how shortwave radio\u2014once the backbone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41948,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/listener-reactions-to-loss-of-bbc-hindi-shortwave-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":64223,"position":3},"title":"Loss of BBC Hindi shortwave service and listener reactions","author":"Thomas","date":"February 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following story from The Print: Emotional emails & offers to crowdfund \u2014 how fans tried to keep BBC Hindi radio on air The service fell silent last month with its last transmission on 31 January. The BBC management\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/India-Elle-via-Unsplash-1024x683.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/India-Elle-via-Unsplash-1024x683.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/India-Elle-via-Unsplash-1024x683.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62803,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/radio-and-resistance-the-legacy-of-radio-plzen\/","url_meta":{"origin":64223,"position":4},"title":"Radio and Resistance: The Legacy of Radio Plzen","author":"Thomas","date":"May 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing this excellent article from Radio Prague International, which commemorates the 80th anniversary of Radio Plzen\u2019s powerful broadcast urging resistance during World War II: https:\/\/english.radio.cz\/radio-plzen-voice-changed-history-80-years-ago-8849932","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5a1dd7bd5cd59b6973956026b133d29e.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65380,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/celebrating-90-years-of-radio-bulgarias-english-voice\/","url_meta":{"origin":64223,"position":5},"title":"Celebrating 90 Years of Radio Bulgaria\u2019s English Voice","author":"Thomas","date":"February 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia who shares the following article from Radio Bulgaria--a retrospective that traces the history of the English Service of Bulgarian National Radio, marking nine decades of international broadcasting that brought Bulgaria\u2019s news, culture, and music to listeners around the world. 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