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The evolving knowledge society and the emergence of information and communication technologies in our lives present complex challenges for educators and policymakers worldwide. Education requires adjustments to these changes in learning and teaching, in the shattering of boundaries, as well as in providing new meaning to emerging educational paradigms facilitated by uprising interfaces. One of the most salient examples of the need to address unfamiliar educational scenarios is social network sites or social networking sites (SNS). Some argue that such sites are used predominantly to connect with those one already knows and less for traditional Bnetworking^ purposes (Boyd and Ellison 2007). Others prefer the term social networking sites and point to sites such as LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) which are used primarily for Bnetworking^ or building one’s list of personal contacts. We use these terms interchangeably and define SNSs as Web-based communication environments through which individuals can maintain existing social ties and interactions and develop new social ties with individuals outside their network (Ellison et al. 2014). SNS-based communication plays major roles in this change, extending the scope and settings in which teachers and students communicate beyond school boundaries in terms of time, space and definition of roles (Greenhow et al. 2015, 2009; Greenhow and Robelia 2009). In terms of teachers^ roles, the need to explore the full range of Educ Inf Technol DOI 10.1007/s10639-017-9582-5

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