Chapter VII
Hybrid Synergy for Virtual
Knowledge Working
Niki Lambropoulos
London South Bank University, UK
Panagiotis Kampylis
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Sofa Papadimitriou
Greek Educational Television, Greek Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Greece
Marianna Vivitsou
University of Helsinki, Finland
Alexander Gkikas
Greek Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Greece
Nikos Minaoglou
Greek Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Greece
Dimitris Konetas
University of Ioannina, Greece
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abstract
Recent rapid technological advancement has infuenced communication and information management.
In addition, it has facilitated collaboration, an interactive process that engages participants who work
together to achieve outcomes they could not accomplish independently. Using new technologies for
remote collaboration from U.K., Finland, and Greece, we created our own collaboration and creativity
technique as best practices for our team by utilizing an adaptation of Collaborative E-Learning and Six
Thinking Hats. We call this model for knowledge working to enhance collaborative creativity Hybrid