Simulation-Based VR Training for the Nuclear Sector—A Pilot Study
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Excelent Scenario for this type of technology.
Number of subjects must be increase in order to have a solid statistical conclusions.
Author Response
Thanks for the comments and suggestions.
Reviewer #1 wrote: Excellent Scenario for this type of technology.
Number of subjects must be increase in order to have a solid statistical conclusions.
The authors respond: Thank you for the comment. We fully agree with the reviewer’s comment about the fact that statistical significance warrant a larger number of subjects. This was however only a pilot project, as the title clearly stated. Besides, the pandemic stroke and left us with the reality of trying to achieve some results with all possible limitations. The funds to run a larger study are not available at present, but we hope to do it in the future.
Reviewer 2 Report
The article documents the use of simulation-based VR training for the nuclear sector. The article covers an interesting topic and the readers will find the contents engaging. The quality of writing is also high. Particularly notable is the sound use of theory (Kirkpatrick evaluation framework and TAM model).
Points for improvement:
AR and MR is defined in the abstract, but VR is not (line 8)
line 8 there is an error in the grammar 'Health professions education has been...'
keywords are missing after the abstract
line 37 - '.. shown positive results, for example, from time-on-task, to enjoyment, motivation, deep learning, and long-term retention...' - these examples would benefit from supporting references as evidence.
line 77 - do the authors have evidence for this statement: '...we were witnessing a slow learning trans- 76 formation in higher education, which only took up speed after the pandemic, which only took up speed after the pandemic.'
Error on line 188 - '[ibid]'
Line 191, please provide a reference for 'VR hardware can cost anything between €10 and €1000' (actually VR tech can be much more expensive than 1000).
The language used in the graphs in Figure 4 is not in English.
Figure 4 is blurry even when zoomed in.
Author Response
The comments from Reviewer #2 are in black
The comments from the authors are in red.
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
The article documents the use of simulation-based VR training for the nuclear sector. The article covers an interesting topic and the readers will find the contents engaging. The quality of writing is also high. Particularly notable is the sound use of theory (Kirkpatrick evaluation framework and TAM model).
Thank you!
Points for improvement:
AR and MR is defined in the abstract, but VR is not (line 8)
Thank you for pointing that out. It was a miss. We have changed it on line 8.
line 8 there is an error in the grammar 'Health professions education has been...'
I have changed it to “The health professions have been…”. The change does not alter the meaning as ‘training’ is the focus of that sentence.
keywords are missing after the abstract
That was strange! I inputed them during the submission, but I guess they were not imported in the text. There are now four keywords on line 25.
line 37 - '.. shown positive results, for example, from time-on-task, to enjoyment, motivation, deep learning, and long-term retention...' - these examples would benefit from supporting references as evidence.
I have changed the beginning of the two sentences between line 36-40 to clearly show the supporting reference. But I do not refer to each of the references of the positive results as the authors of the review do. I simply paraphrased their text and did not intend to go deeper to the original references.
line 77 - do the authors have evidence for this statement: '...we were witnessing a slow learning trans- 76 formation in higher education, which only took up speed after the pandemic, which only took up speed after the pandemic.'
Thank you for pointing to this unclear sentence. I reformulated the sentence on line 77-78 to clarify the changes towards “online learning” that were accelerated by the pandemic. I also added a refence that researched this concept. Masalimova AR, Khvatova MA, Chikileva LS, Zvyagintseva EP, Stepanova VV and Melnik MV (2022) Distance Learning in Higher Education During Covid-19. Front. Educ. 7:822958. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.822958
I ask the editor to add the link to reference [10] as I have not done it. The rest of the references are updated.
Error on line 188 - '[ibid]'
I changed it with the right reference on line 188
Line 191, please provide a reference for 'VR hardware can cost anything between €10 and €1000' (actually VR tech can be much more expensive than 1000).
I added the website www.gamesradar.com where we got the information from, line 191. I believe the gamers are ahead of anyone else on this matter.
The language used in the graphs in Figure 4 is not in English.
I added text in the byline of the Figure 4, line 344-346, to explain this and how we solved it.
Figure 4 is blurry even when zoomed in.
We have replaced Figure 4 with a high-resolution picture on line 342 and 343.
