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Philipp Schmidt

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(Jan) Philipp Schmidt is an open education geek who is interested in the future of higher education. He is a co-founder of Peer 2 Peer University, a project that uses open educational resources to create high quality learning communities for self learners.

Philipp worked as an IT consultant in the Accenture Center for Strategic Technology, opened (and closed) a new economy start-up, and led the research activities of Cape Town based NGO bridges.org. For the past few years, he has also spearheaded open education activities at the University of the Western Cape, the United Nations University MERIT, and he is a board member of the Open Courseware Consortium.

He has a background in computer science and economics and has written and spoken widely on free software in Africa, open technology standards, collaborative peer production, and open education. He blogs at Sharing Nicely.

2010 Fellowship Application Video

2011 Fellowship Application Video

P2PU Fellowship Pitch Year 3 from Philipp Schmidt on Vimeo.


Written by: Philipp Schmidt

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Apple Edu = It’s a revolution, just not ours.
What a week. On Wednesday the Interwebs shut down. On Thursday Apple revolutionized textbooks. What will Friday bring? But after the hype has settled down (and yes, it was hard not to get a little... Read more – ‘ Apple Edu = It’s a revolution, just not ours. ’.

Written by: Philipp Schmidt

Posted in: Fellows Blogs, open education, opencourseware, p2pu, p2pu-webcraft, Philipp Schmidt

Apple Edu = It’s a revolution, but not ours.
What a week. On Wednesday the Interwebs shut down. On Thursday Apple revolutionized textbooks. What will Friday bring? But after the hype has settled down (and yes, it was hard not to get a little... Read more – ‘ Apple Edu = It’s a revolution, but not ours. ’.

Written by: Philipp Schmidt

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Flash Grant for Hackerschool
One of the many cool things about being a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow is that I get to give away a “Flash” grant each year to people who are doing cool stuff. It’s a no strings... Read more – ‘ Flash Grant for Hackerschool ’.

Written by: Philipp Schmidt

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Learning with a little help from your friends
Two weeks ago P2PU held its third workshop. This year’s focus was on “getting stuff done” and bringing together people who are working on concrete projects. And we did get a lot... Read more – ‘ Learning with a little help from your friends ’.

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16 Nov 2011
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Written by: Philipp Schmidt

Posted in: Fellows Blogs, Learning, mozopened, open education, opencourseware, opened, p2pu, p2pu-webcraft, Philipp Schmidt

Eureka. It’s a lab – not (just) a platform.
This announcement about Harvard receiving a US$ 40M gift to support teaching and learning innovation made me think more about the platform conversation we’ve been having (here and on the... Read more – ‘ Eureka. It’s a lab – not (just) a platform. ’.