Abstract
The study aimed to identify the impact of Virtual professional learning communities on the academic achievement of tenth grade female students in the science course at Asiya Bint Muzahim School for Basic Education in light of online learning in the first semester of the academic year 2020-2021. The study sample consisted of (49) female students; (26) students as an experimental group, and (23) students as a control group. To achieve the objectives of the study, pre and post experimental tests were developed in the science course. Stability and validity of the tests were verified. The results showed impact of virtual professional learning communities on the academic achievement of the study sample. The results also showed that the students of the experimental group who studied using a program based on virtual professional learning communities excelled the control group in Postgraduate achievement test. Virtual professional learning communities also showed a significant impact on the students' achievement. Based on these results, the study recommended the need to pay attention to establishing virtual professional learning communities within educational institutions, especially in light of the continuous spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, as this application has great impact on the exchange of experiences, beside its contribution to the sustainability of students' learning, which will result in raising their achievement level.
