Jl. of Technology and Teacher Education (2020) 28(2), 329-339 The Practicum Experience During Covid-19 – Supporting Initial Teacher Education Student’s Practicum Experience Through a Simulated Classroom RHONNI SASAKI Swinburne Online, Australia rsasaki@oes.edu.au WENDY GOFF Swinburne University of Technology, Australia wgoff@swin.edu.au ANDRE DOWSETT, DAVID PAROISSIEN, JUSTIN MATTHIES, CELIA DI IORIO, SHANNON MONTEY, SAMUEL ROWE, AND GEMMA PUDDY Swinburne Online, Australia adowsett@oes.edu.au dparoissien@oes.edu.au jmatthies@oes.edu.au cdiiorio@swin.edu.au smontey@oes.edu.au srowe@oes.edu.au gpuddy@swin.edu.au The recent Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically disrupted schooling around the world. Social distancing requirements have resulted in many countries closing physical school buildings or remaining open but delivering a hybrid model of off-site and on-site teaching and learning. This poses a variety of challenges for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) pro- grams situated in Higher Education (HE) contexts, particu- larly in meeting practicum requirements. This paper provides insight into a study examining the viability of a technology- based simulated classroom to support the practicum experi-