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<h1>Short Bio</h1>

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	<b></b>Philipp Schmidt</b> is VP of technology innovation at <a href="https://axim.org">Axim Collaborative</a>, a non-profit organization founded by MIT and Harvard to make learning more accessible, more effective, and more meaningful. Before joining Axim, Philipp was director of digital learning/research scientist at the <a href="https://media.mit.edu">MIT Media Lab</a> and advisor for <a href="https://digitalcredentials.mit.edu">digital credentials</a>. Philipp serves on the boards of <a href="https://www.collegeunbound.edu">College Unbound</a>, a college designed from the ground up to serve adult students and <a href="http://p2pu.org">Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU)</a>, a non-profit that connects online learning and public libraries, and was a founding board member of the OpenCourseWare Consortium. He co-authored the <a href="http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/">Cape Town Open Education Declaration</a> and helped create widely used standards for digital academic credentials including <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/5/59/OpenBadges-Working-Paper_012312.pdf">Mozilla Open Badges</a>. He received <a href="https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org">Shuttleworth</a> and <a href="http://usa.ashoka.org/fellow/philipp-schmidt">Ashoka</a> fellowships, and came to MIT as a <a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/people/directors-fellows">Media Lab Director's fellow</a>. Before moving to the US, he lived and worked in South Africa.
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