Not since WWII has there been an event more disruptive to global education than the COVID-19 pandemic. By UNESCO's estimates, the pandemic has affected almost 70% of the world’s student population. In this podcast episode, we speak with Blaise Joseph, an Education Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) in Australia. Australia has the highest number of digital devices per student in the world. Blaise shares with us the impact of Australian school closures and the boons and banes of home-based learning.