Digitainability—Digital Competences Post-COVID-19 for a Sustainable Society
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Very interesting and actual paper, dealing with the most pressing issue of digital competences of citizens in sustainable society. Research performed on the main international databases of scientific literature give important insights on the pressing need for having digital competences today.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for reviewing the manuscript titled “Digitainability – Digital competences post-COVID-19 for a sustainable society” to Sustainability, Special Issue “Digital Competences for a Sustainable Society”.
The authors wish to thank you for the comments on the relevance of this manuscript on Digitainability.
Sincerely,
Maria José Sá
Corresponding author
August 18, 2021.
Reviewer 2 Report
The paper named "Digitainability – Digital competences post-COVID-19 for a sustainable society" is highly recommended to be published. It is required English language proofreading in order to adjust the minor spell that is required. The manuscript is interesting and adequate to the Journal. The thematic is relevant and the approach used in the discussion is considered interesting. In the abstract, introduction, and methodology the paper is clear. In the final part of the paper are expected suggestions for future studies. Kindly insert some suggestions at the end of the composition in order to deliver a direction for the next studies.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for reviewing the manuscript titled “Digitainability – Digital competences post-COVID-19 for a sustainable society” to Sustainability, Special Issue “Digital Competences for a Sustainable Society”.
We have made the revisions according to your comments, which we thank you for. We have included the changes in the revised version of the manuscript, which we named “sustainability-1352112_Revised”.
A point-by-point reply to the comments follows.
The paper named "Digitainability – Digital competences post-COVID-19 for a sustainable society" is highly recommended to be published.
R: The authors are grateful for this comment on the relevance of this manuscript.
It is required English language proofreading in order to adjust the minor spell that is required.
R: The manuscript has been proofread. The authors hope that it now meets Sustainability’s high standards of scientific rigor and readability.
The manuscript is interesting and adequate to the Journal. The thematic is relevant and the approach used in the discussion is considered interesting. In the abstract, introduction, and methodology the paper is clear.
R: Thank you.
In the final part of the paper are expected suggestions for future studies. Kindly insert some suggestions at the end of the composition in order to deliver a direction for the next studies.
R: Thank you for the suggestion. The following text was added (p. 14):
“All the above arguments result in the need, in the post-COVID-19 scenario, to carry out future studies that, in a more in-depth and well-founded way, may allow to know and implement strategies to improve digitainability (in a future more sustainable society). One of the topics calling for further in-depth analysis is the issue of old and new digital divides, both in consumption and the production of digital material, which may apprehend factors of differentiation at the societal, organizational and interaction levels, both in the access, practices of use and representations about the digital, seeking to minimize the digital divide. Another topic is related to the promotion of sustainability in a digital society by and for all its elements in an inclusive way in this future digital culture, for which certain specific and transversal competences are paramount, also to add to an initial and continued education that may be more effective and efficient.”
Sincerely,
Maria José Sá
Corresponding author
August 18, 2021.
