Aleafia Health to Launch Global Cannabis Education Platform with D2L
November 14 2018 - 6:00AM
Platform to Provide Cannabis Education
Courses
Aleafia Health Inc. (TSXV: ALEF: OTCQX: ALEAF, FRA: ARAH)
(“
Aleafia”) has entered into a global agreement
with D2L (Desire2Learn) Corporation ("
D2L"), in
which Aleafia Health will deploy D2L's Learning Management System
(LMS) Brightspace. Brightspace is a cloud-based learning platform
employed by major organizations including Walmart, the American
Nurses Association and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of
Ontario.
Under the terms of the global agreement, D2L will
produce a series of cannabis education courses on Aleafia Health’s
behalf.
As part of a multi-phase roll-out expected to begin
in early 2019, Aleafia Health will launch the series of
proprietary, unique cannabis courses. The courses will
harness Aleafia Health’s cannabis expertise, with content
developed by experts including Aleafia’s practising physicians. The
courses will also use the Company’s Intellectual
Property containing in excess of 10 million patient data
points along with D2L’s leadership in cloud-based learning
platforms. Courses will include:
- Cannabis 101
- Cannabis in the Workplace
- Patient Dosing and Titration
- Referring Doctor Training
- Medical Professional Training
“D2L’s undisputed position as a global leader in online
learning, with operations in the U.S., Canada,
Europe, Singapore, Brazil, and Australia makes them the
right strategic partner as we grow and scale our cannabis health
and wellness business in North America and beyond,” said Aleafia
CEO Geoffrey Benic. “Aleafia Health is excited to deploy our unique
cannabis expertise.”“Our education and online learning platform
will grow cannabis awareness and understanding across all sectors,”
said Aleafia Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Verbora. “Our new
LMS platform will ensure patients receive better care while
providing medical professionals with a data-driven approach to
diagnosing and treating chronic illnesses with medical
cannabis.”“As the cannabis space continues to evolve, there will be
an ongoing need for education and training that both engages the
professionals in the sector and remains flexible and adaptable
enough to move with the industry,” said D2L President and CEO John
Baker. “As such, we’re thrilled to work with an industry leader
like Aleafia Health to help support their ongoing health and
wellness mission.”ABOUT ALEAFIAAleafia is a
vertically integrated, national cannabis company with major medical
clinic, cannabis cultivation and R&D operations. The company is
a federally licensed producer and vendor of cannabis and will reach
an annual production capacity of 98,000 kg of dried cannabis in
2019.Aleafia operates 22 medical cannabis clinics staffed by
physicians and nurse practitioners, with over 50,000 patients. The
company is highly differentiated, maintaining the largest medical
cannabis dataset in the world with significant intellectual
property holdings and current R&D
operations.www.AleafiaInc.comABOUT
BRIGHTSPACEBrightspace is a cloud-based learning platform
that makes online and blended learning easy, flexible and smart.
Brightspace is a quantum leap beyond traditional Learning
Management Systems (LMS) – it is easy to drag-and-drop content to
create engaging courses, supports all mobile devices, has
industry-leading up-time and is accessible for all learners. Plus,
Brightspace enables the future of learning with a gaming engine,
adaptive learning, video management, intelligent agents, templated
interactives for course design, full support for outcomes or
competency-based learning, and actionable learning
analytics.ABOUT D2LD2L believes learning is the
foundation upon which all progress and achievement rests. Working
closely with clients, D2L has transformed the way millions of
people learn online and in the classroom. Learn more about D2L for
schools, higher education and businesses at www.D2L.com.
For Investor & Media Relations, please
contact:Nicholas Bergamini, VP Public
AffairsIR@AleafiaInc.com
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