Bunker Hill Community College Students Win McGraw Hill Video Award
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Four students at Bunker Hill Community College shared a national award in the LearnSmart and Win! student video competition, sponsored by McGraw-Hill Education. The four students, who worked together as a group, are: Guzel Bikyanova, Michael Brendel, Jennah Epstein-Kraus, and Kaina Janvier.
Designed to showcase how digital technology improves and personalizes learning, the national contest challenged students to develop original videos providing details on how they have used adaptive learning technologies in the learning experience.
The students from Bunker Hill Community College won the third-place award, and will share a scholarship of $1,000. Their winning entry was selected from more than 100 submitted videos. and will be featured on several McGraw-Hill websites and social media channels. The panel of judges consisted of professors, business leaders and members of the media covering key issues in technology and education.
BHCC students began using the LearnSmart Technology in the classes of Professor William Hoover, who teaches anatomy and physiology. Hoover describes the LearnSmart technology as a gaming system that requires students to go down the proper pedagogical path in the learning process. He also states that the College is "ahead of the curve" in using LearnSmart's artificial intelligence system: "For two years, BHCC has been using this artificial intelligence in classrooms, whereas four-year colleges are just starting to introduce it," Hoover said.
The students were assisted in the project by staff from BHCC's Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Technology Center: Don Tracia, Coordinator of the Center, who served as the lead videographer and Mandy Chan, who was the lead editor of the project.
View the BHCC winning video on YouTube
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About Bunker Hill Community College
With more than 50 years of academic excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is Massachusetts' largest community college, annually welcoming a diverse community of around 16,000 students. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, BHCC extends its reach across several locations in Greater Boston. The College offers associate degrees and certificates, early college and dual enrollment, community education, corporate training, and industry-specific training programs. BHCC is celebrated for its diversity, boasting a student body where 65% identify as people of color and more than half are women. The College also embraces a global perspective, with over 600 international students representing 90 countries and conversing in more than 65 languages. Our commitment to diversity is further reflected in BHCC's designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).