Promoting Sustainable Learning in the Post-Pandemic Era: Focused on the Role of Motivation, Growth Mindset, Self-Regulated Learning, Well-Being, and Smart Device Utilization
Rene Robin
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
You must clearly detail the search equation in your bibliometric selection.
It is essential to improve the clarity in the article, for an understanding of practical readers and educators.
It is essential to contribute more recent international studies from high-impact journals. There are too many outdated references.
Overall it's a good job, congratulations
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for taking the time to review our manuscript entitled "Promoting Sustainable Learning in the Post-Pandemic Era: Focused on the Role of Motivation, Growth Mind-set, Self-Regulated Learning, Well-being, and Smart Device Utilization." We appreciate your valuable feedback and constructive comments on our study. In response to your suggestions, we have addressed each point in the attached file, and also in the manuscript.
We believe that these revisions have significantly strengthened the manuscript, and hope that you find the updated version to be satisfactory.
Thank you for your support.
Best regards,
Jooyoung Lee and Ki Han Kwon
Author Response File: 
Author Response.docx
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear authors:
Thank you for this well-prepared article. The topic is so important for the field of learning. Although, the manuscript needs some adjustments to improve its quality.
-The authors are encouraged to support the introduction with SDG's. It's more significant and crucial to connect post covid era with sustainable education.
- The created model is just based on literature review. The authors are advised to have additional methodology to collect data such as interview with experts.
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The language is appropriate and it suits the context of this study.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for taking the time to review our manuscript entitled "Promoting Sustainable Learning in the Post-Pandemic Era: Focused on the Role of Motivation, Growth Mind-set, Self-Regulated Learning, Well-being, and Smart Device Utilization." We appreciate your valuable feedback and constructive comments on our study. In response to your suggestions, we have addressed each point in the attached file, and also in the manuscript.
We believe that these revisions have significantly strengthened the manuscript, and hope that you find the updated version to be satisfactory.
Thank you for your support.
Best regards,
Jooyoung Lee and Ki Han Kwon
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Reviewer 3 Report
This review article summarizes the potential impact of smart device usage on student well-being. This paper succinctly reviews recent progress in growth mindset and self regulated learning in relation to post-pandemic learning tasks in smart devices. The authors provide a critical evaluation of complex interplay between various factors that can impact learning motivation and well-being in the post-pandemic era from the existing studies.
However, kindly refer to the following details for review comments.
1. The effects of e-learning were not sufficiently addressed in light of the post-pandemic era.
2. Whether e-learning has a greater impact on student motivation and outcomes than face-to-face learning, or vice versa.
3. However the authors are required to include recent work on the learning motivation of the post-pandemic era.
4. The author should provide enough background information to provide the study's key outcomes
5. More emphasis is needed in interpreting the primary literature on smart devices utilization and student well-being.
6. The author needs to identify the limitations of existing studies.
7. While e-Learning and face-to-face students may differ in academic outcomes, considering lack of social connection aspect, does e-learning stimulate student motivation
However, kindly refer the following details for review comments.
1. The effects of e-learning was not sufficiently addressed in light of post-pandemic era.
2. Whether e-learning has a greater impact on student motivation and outcomes than face-to-face learning, or vice versa.
3. However the authors are required to include recent work on the learning motivation on post-pandemic era.
4. The author should provide enough background information to provide the study's key outcomes
5. More emphasis is needed in interpreting the primary literature on smart devices utilization and student well-being.
6. The author needs to identify the limitations of existing studies.
7. While e-Learning and face-to-face students may differ in academic outcomes, considering lack of social connection aspect, does e-learning stimulate student motivation
This review article summarizes the potential impact of smart device usage on student well-being. This paper succinctly reviews recent progress in growth mindset and self regulated learning in relation to post-pandemic learning tasks in smart devices. The authors provide a critical evaluation of complex interplay between various factors that can impact learning motivation and well-being in the post-pandemic era from the existing studies.
However, kindly refer to the following details for review comments.
1. The effects of e-learning were not sufficiently addressed in light of the post-pandemic era.
2. Whether e-learning has a greater impact on student motivation and outcomes than face-to-face learning, or vice versa.
3. However the authors are required to include recent work on the learning motivation of the post-pandemic era.
4. The author should provide enough background information to provide the study's key outcomes
5. More emphasis is needed in interpreting the primary literature on smart devices utilization and student well-being.
6. The author needs to identify the limitations of existing studies.
7. While e-Learning and face-to-face students may differ in academic outcomes, considering lack of social connection aspect, does e-learning stimulate student motivation
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for taking the time to review our manuscript entitled "Promoting Sustainable Learning in the Post-Pandemic Era: Focused on the Role of Motivation, Growth Mind-set, Self-Regulated Learning, Well-being, and Smart Device Utilization." We appreciate your valuable feedback and constructive comments on our study. In response to your suggestions, we have addressed each point in the attached file, and also in the manuscript.
We believe that these revisions have significantly strengthened the manuscript, and hope that you find the updated version to be satisfactory.
Thank you for your support.
Best regards,
Jooyoung Lee and Ki Han Kwon
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Reviewer 4 Report
Thank you for submitting you paper for sustainability. This is a well-written paper that covers an interesting topic. However, there are a few concerns that need to addressed by the authors.
1. In the introduction, it is essential to emphasize the significance of this work, which can be accomplished by highlighting it towards the end. Additionally, the paper's originality should be adequately explained by underlining its key contributions to the current body of literature.
2. It is important to have a section to outline the practical implications of this research.
3. The conclusion and the research limitations are missed.
4. There are some well-established literature related to self-regulated learning is ignored. This includes but not limited to:
- Developing a Holistic Success Model for Sustainable E-Learning: A Structural EquationModeling Approach. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169453
- Novel extension of the UTAUT model to understand continued usage intention of learning management systems: the role of learning tradition. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10758-y
- Towards a Sustainable Adoption of E-Learning Systems: The Role of Self-Directed
Learning. Doi: https://doi.org/10.28945/4980
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you for taking the time to review our manuscript entitled "Promoting Sustainable Learning in the Post-Pandemic Era: Focused on the Role of Motivation, Growth Mind-set, Self-Regulated Learning, Well-being, and Smart Device Utilization." We appreciate your valuable feedback and constructive comments on our study. In response to your suggestions, we have addressed each point in the attached file, and also in the manuscript.
We believe that these revisions have significantly strengthened the manuscript, and hope that you find the updated version to be satisfactory.
Thank you for your support.
Best regards,
Jooyoung Lee and Ki Han Kwon
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Round 2
Reviewer 4 Report
Thank you for resubmitting your paper. I can see that you have incorporated most of the reviewers' comments. This contributed in increasing the quality of this paper. Hence, I am satisfied with the current version.
