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Aja Moore-Young joins the d’Vinci team as a content developer.

In her position, Aja develops dynamic eLearning modules for adult and K-12 learners. Previously, she worked in Saga, Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher, where she used her design skills to create interactive and engaging lessons for her students. Aja also completed a design and development internship and externship at d’Vinci and worked in the experience design department of d'Vinci's parent company, JPL.

The Telly Awards recently honored Sandy Hook Promise and d’Vinci Interactive with a Silver Telly Award for the use of video in the Start With Hello educational program.

Start With Hello helps students in grades K-5 build more socially-inclusive cultures. Through short videos and a learning game, kids learn the important role they play in making school a positive experience for everyone. Start with Hello includes friendly, illustrated characters that make the learning fun.

d’Vinci Interactive has been awarded a contract for software development with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the state’s Master IT Services Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) program. The ITQ program contract allows d’Vinci to bid on business opportunities issued by the Commonwealth.

The ITQ program, launched in 2003, is a statewide, multiple-award contracting initiative that provides agencies a fast and efficient way to procure IT services from pre-qualified vendors.

Technology and systems are critical to running efficient operations at a large company. d’Vinci CEO Luke Kempski talks to Lisa Browning, Manager, Learning & Development Systems at The Hershey Company as she prepares training for an enterprise rollout of SAP S/4HANA . Lisa describes how systems training makes employees more productive across the organization and improves the bottom line.

d'Vinci Interactive has launched a podcast series called Powered by Learning to showcase the insights of learning and development leaders impacting the training industry.

The podcast provides listeners with best practices for designing, developing, delivering, tracking and evaluating learning and performance improvement programs. Leading learning and development leaders discuss the latest approaches to creating learning experiences that engage learners and achieve organizational goals.

Training Industry has once again named d’Vinci Interactive to its annual Content Development Watch List in recognition of the best providers of training services and technologies.

d’Vinci develops learning experiences, educational websites and web and mobile applications for corporate, government, medical and K-12 educational content clients.

To help reduce cases of child sexual abuse, SafeSeucreKids.org now features new activities and resources to help kids and caregivers discuss feelings.

As the learning industry evolves, so has the role of the instructional designer. Listen to renowned learning experience designer, author and coach Connie Malamed as she discusses the shift from Instructional Design to Learning Experience Design and the value it brings to the learner.

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In this episode, learn from Dr. Janet Lockhart-Jones, a Leadership Strategist, Speaker, Executive Coach, and Corporate Trainer, as she shares best practices for creating successful virtual training events. Dr. Lockhart-Jones offers the dos and don’ts for hosting your next VILT session with Powered by Learning Host Susan Cort and co-host Jenny Fedullo.

Whether you are developing an instructor-led curriculum or an eLearning course, performance scenarios can help your audience climb Bloom’s Taxonomy to a higher level of learning. Performance scenarios challenge learners in a safe environment – your training – to cultivate their decision-making abilities. Scenarios support them in assessing situations, formulating their own perceptions, and choosing their response. The best part? You can reveal how their responses may result in different outcomes, creating a holistic learning experience.