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Casinos Begin Online Staff Training to Recognize Warning Signs of Problem Gambling; QBInternational's Qube Learning System(TM) Uses Game-Based Program to Enhance Employee Skills in Providing Help to Casino Patrons in Distress.


SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif. -- QBInternational, a global provider of game-based online learning systems, announces the availability of a unique online learning program for casinos that is instructionally effective, rapidly deployed, and fun for learners. Customizable to virtually any industry or training challenge, the Qube Learning System has been engaged by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation The British Columbia Lottery Corporation ('BCLC') is a Crown Corporation of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It has provided government sanctioned lottery services to those in British Columbia since 1985.  for employee training in its network of casinos. The BCLC BCLC Business Civic Leadership Center
BCLC British Columbia Lottery Corporation
BCLC Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer
BCLC Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium
BCLC Buffalo Criminal Law Center (State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law) 
 is recognized for its commitment to providing high-quality entertainment in a socially responsible manner.

The Qube Learning System (QLS QLS Quiet Line State (Cisco)
QLS Que Lo Sepas
QLS Quick Look Study
QLS Queue Length Threshold
QLS Quantum Leap Strategy
), already in use by major corporations in the U.S., is developed around a hosted, game-based development and delivery platform built in a .NET environment. The QLS has documented results across a wide range of industries and has produced average retention rates of more than 80%.

Effective employee training is critical to the gaming industry, and the social responsibility toward recognizing and assisting patrons who may have a gambling problem or other issues is taken seriously. The QLS is seen as an enhancement or alternative to existing training programs because of its high retention rate and entertaining teaching methods.

Qube Learning System features:

--Instructionally Effective: (4x to 10x more retention and understanding than other online learning options) QGames(TM) provide fun, yet instructionally effective interactivity. Learners set their own pace using their own learning style. QGames link back to QBooks(TM) and other materials to create knowledge and provide reliable, valid Learner Analytics to management.

--Cost-effective (25% to 33% of the cost of equivalently interactive custom eLearning).

--Time-effective (New custom projects take hours or days to complete not months).

--Highly motivating and fun for learners (Client users report "Learning Addiction addiction: see drug addiction and drug abuse. ") Learners compete with one another and with themselves in the Hall of Fame to achieve goals and master the content.

--Success Measurement Tools. Managers monitor learner success using a variety of compelling and useful graphic tools.

QBInternational www.qube.com

QBInternational (est. 1996) helps Fortune 500 companies reduce the cost and increase the fun and effectiveness of online training. QBI's innovative Qube Learning System is a hosted platform for customizing QBooks for information delivery, QGames to engrave en·grave  
tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves
1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy.

2.
 knowledge in the learner's brain, Challenge Arenas to increase learner motivation and engagement, and Learning Dashboards to measure individual, team and organizational knowledge. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and founder Andrew Kimball is a leading authority on organizational learning Organizational learning is an area of knowledge within organizational theory that studies models and theories about the way an organization learns and adapts.

In Organizational development (OD), learning is a characteristic of an adaptive organization, i.e.
 and human performance technology.
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