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Best Buy Canada Store

Podcast | September 29, 2021

Driving Retail Performance with Training

In order to help customers make good buying decisions, Best Buy Canada advisers need to be well trained on the products that they sell. In this Powered by Learning episode, Marjorie Van Roon, Senior Manager, Learning and Development at Best Buy Canada, talks to us about how the right training can drive retail performance.

Listen Now 22 min.
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News | September 29, 2021

Navigating the Digital Universe Named Media of the Year from Creative Child Magazine

Creative Child Magazine selected Navigating the Digital Universe as its Media of the Year award winner for 2021. Navigating the Digital Universe is a new curriculum developed by SAE International’s A World In Motion® (AWIM) and d’Vinci Interactive to teach children about their rights and responsibilities as digital citizens.

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News | September 1, 2021

Navigating the Digital Universe Named Best Tool for School by Tech & Learning

Tech & Learning has selected Navigating the Digital Universe as one of "The Best Tools for Back to School" in both the Primary (K-6) and Secondary (6-12) categories.

Navigating the Digital Universe, a new curriculum developed by SAE International's A World In Motion® (AWIM) and d'Vinci Interactive, helps educators teach children about their rights and responsibilities as digital citizens.

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Podcast | August 31, 2021

Making Adaptive Learning 3.0 Work in Your Organization

Adaptive Learning benefits both the learner and an organization's bottom line. In this episode of Powered by Learning, Craig Joiner, Senior Vice President, Brand Experience at Fulcrum Labs dispels some myths about Adaptive Learning and explains how organizations can put it to work to achieve their goals.

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News | August 23, 2021

Interns Support Underserved Communities through Big Brothers Big Sisters Video

d'Vinci Interactive and JPL summer interns partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region (BBBSCR) to create a pro-bono brand video to help the non-profit reach volunteers and supporters. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a non-profit organization dedicated to defending the potential and igniting the promise of youth through one-to-one mentorship programs and other community-based initiatives.

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Podcast | August 12, 2021

Streamlining Insurance Claims with Innovative Training

At The Cincinnati Insurance Company, they're taking training to a new level by using just-in-time learning, Augmented Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR) to help team members be more confident on the job and more efficient in their work. In this Powered by Learning podcast episode, Tricia Inderhees, Learning and Development Consultant Manager of Cincinnati Insurance shares the best way to create innovative learning programs that get results.

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News | August 9, 2021

The American Democracy Game Earns Game of the Year Award from Creative Child Magazine

Creative Child Magazine awarded d'Vinci Interactive and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) top honors for The American Democracy Game. The judges selected The American Democracy Game as the "Game of the Year" for 2021.

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Thinking | July 27, 2021

Upgrading Your Educational Website to Drupal 8 or 9

As the end of 2021 comes into view, it's time for Drupal 7 users to start planning their upgrade to Drupal 8 or Drupal 9.

With Drupal 7 reaching end-of-life in November 2022, upgrading early is the best way to avoid the security vulnerabilities that come with unsupported software and take advantage of improvements to backend modules, faster page load speeds and a more user-friendly content management interface.

Don't Just Lift and Shift – Lift and Improve

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Podcast | July 11, 2021

Taking a Health System's Workforce to the Next Level

Providence is a large, West Coast, health system with more than 120,000 employees that need training. In this Powered by Learning podcast, Darci Hall, chief learning officer, and Johnny Hamilton, senior design and innovation consultant, talk to us about innovative ways to upskill current employees to stay relevant in current positions while building competencies for future opportunities.

Listen Now 36 min.
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News | July 6, 2021

d'Vinci Interactive Awarded 1.69M Phase II SBIR Grant from The National Institutes of Health

WORK WILL ADVANCE ADOPTION OF GENOMICS IN CLASSROOMS AND DISTANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Updated 1/12/22

d'Vinci Interactive, a leading K-12 learning technology solutions company, has been awarded a 1.69-million-dollar Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for the "Blueprint of Life" Genomic Literacy Tool.

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