Strengthening the Understanding of Physics Concepts through Virtual Laboratories to Answer the Challenges of the 21st Century

Covid-19 has had a significant impact on every aspect of life today, from the economy, education, culture, social and others. The purpose of writing this paper discusses the nature of laboratory activities; values and competencies in laboratory activities; virtual laboratory development; the role of virtual laboratory in 21st century learning; opportunities, challenges, and impacts of virtual laboratory activities; various results of virtual laboratory research in 21st century learning; the impact and implication of virtual laboratory in learning. The descriptive qualitative approach is the method used in the preparation of this paper. In the realm of education, if we look at it from the learning process, it is known as e-learning. Learning is carried out online both synchronously and asynchronously. Laboratory learning cannot be separated from the impact caused by covid-19, virtual laboratories are currently an effective and efficient learning method in carrying out laboratory activities, and this is intended to prepare students to face the era of society 5.0 in the pandemic era.