Factors Influencing Post-COVID-19 Virtual Education and Its Impact on University Students: Analysis Using Structural Equation Models

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The proposal is very interesting . The authors describe the context and presents a theorethical framework to support the research. The metodological design is apropriate and alinged with the research questions.

The arguments used and the discussion of the results is adequate and rigorous. The proposal is a contribution for the field.

 

Author Response

Thanks for the review and comments

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors:

The subject of your paper is interesting. However, in my opinion, there are two aspects that have not been sufficiently addressed:

a) The lack of discussing the results obtained prior to drawing conclusions: the statistical results of the research have been presented without discussing the literature used to support or challenge them.

b) The references used do not seem to be the most appropriate. In my opinion, it is necessary to try to find out from the literature whether the results are consistent and what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the teaching and learning process in the population studied.

In other words, you should think about how to analyse the results of your thesis in order to give it more coherence and make it suitable for publication in a journal.

Yours sincerely.

Author Response

Comments 1: The subject of your paper is interesting. However, in my opinion, there are two aspects that have not been sufficiently addressed: a) The lack of discussing the results obtained prior to drawing conclusions: the statistical results of the research have been presented without discussing the literature used to support or challenge them. Response 1: Thank you for pointing this out, Added information about the discussion of the results (in red) page 6, 11 and 12. The discussions and results section of the document was modified (in red) according to your comments (platform attached).

Comments 2: b) The references used do not seem to be the most appropriate. In my opinion, it is necessary to try to find out from the literature whether the results are consistent and what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the teaching and learning process in the population studied.   Response 2:

Thank you for pointing this out, new references were removed and added, see references section (in red) according to your comments (platform attached).

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear Author(s), 

Thank you for the opportunity to read your work. The impact of Covid-19 on teaching and learning, and future practice, is an important area for investigation. 

Your work is of a good standard, however, I feel some improvements could be made. 

The main area for development is the introduction. While it is clear that you have engaged with the literature, I feel this section would benefit from 1) more references to support the points being made and illustrate the examples you provide, and 2) a restructuring so that it presents a thematic review of the elements you are using to build your argument. 

Some references I suggest you review / include: 

Egan, A., & Tiernan, P. (2023). It Wasn’t All Zoom and Gloom: Teacher and Student Experiences of Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Irish Post-Primary School. Education Sciences, 13(7), 637

Donlon, E., Conroy Johnson, M., Doyle, A., McDonald, E., & Sexton, P. J. (2022). Presence accounted for? Student-teachers establishing and experiencing presence in synchronous online teaching environments. Irish Educational Studies, 41(1), 41-49

 

Overall standard of presentation is high. However, some further editing and restructuring would strengthen the work. 

Author Response

Comments 1: The main area for development is the introduction. While it is clear that you have engaged with the literature, I feel this section would benefit from: 1) more references to support the points being made and illustrate the examples you provide     Response 1: Thank you for pointing this out, new references were removed and added, see references section (in red) according to your comments (platform attached).

Comments 2: 2) a restructuring so that it presents a thematic review of the elements you are using to build your argument.  Some references I suggest you review / include:  Egan, A., & Tiernan, P. (2023). It Wasn’t All Zoom and Gloom: Teacher and Student Experiences of Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Irish Post-Primary School. Education Sciences, 13(7), 637 Donlon, E., Conroy Johnson, M., Doyle, A., McDonald, E., & Sexton, P. J. (2022). Presence accounted for? Student-teachers establishing and experiencing presence in synchronous online teaching environments. Irish Educational Studies, 41(1), 41-49   Response 2: Thank you for pointing this out, The document was restructured in the introduction, results and conclusions section, in addition to adding the references recommended, since they are important theoretical references for the topic developed (in red) according to your comments (platform attached).

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear Authors:

The new version of the paper is more consistent. The discussion of the statistical results is better reflected, as well as the new references that have been included help to better understand the objectives and conclusions reached.

Sincerely,

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear Author(s), 

Thank you for providing your revised manuscript. I am happy with the amendments you have made. 

Language is of a high standard, with only minor editing required.