Resumen de Role of the educator in social software initiatives in further and higher education: A conceptualisation and research agenda.

Shailey Minocha, Andreas Schroeder, Christoph Schneider

• The article discusses research investigating the role of the educator in a social software initiative. The researchers argue that there has been little research focusing on the role of the educator in the context of a social software initiative, despite their critical role for the introduction and successful use of social software in a course environment. Topics include the development of a series of research questions addressing the core issues associated with the educator roles in a social software context, using the concept of role theory, and study's objective, which is the contribution of the adoption and efficient use of social software in education.