Vision
To grow and became the leading provider of education through distance and e-Learning in Kenya, the Region and the World

Mission
To apply leading technology in instructional delivery and efficiently manage distance and e-Learning programmes

OBJECTIVES:
• To create access to education through a network of regional centers.
• To offer affordable quality higher education.
• To facilitate skills training and professional upgrading.
• To provide opportunity for life long learning and self actualization.
• To contribute towards promotion of societal literacy and enhancement of socio-economic and political development.

About Us
Kenyatta University has re-branded the institute of Open Learning to include e-Learning. It now becomes the Institute Of Open, Distance and e-Learning (ODeL). This re-branding of the Institute is geared towards improving the delivery of our educational services to students, which in essence improves the quality of our distance learning programmes. By introducing e-Learning we are adding value to our programmes by placing the student at the Centre of Learning. Under the new Institute, the University has taken a more practical approach to pedagogy, thus addressing students learning needs.

Quality Education
Under the KU ODeL learning focuses on quality of teaching and learning, student performance, duration of completion and flexibility of the programme. Application forms for ODeL programmes are provided to prospective students online or offline as per their preference. The ODeL programmes complies with the modern approaches to learning. This is a shift from entirely print module to interactive blended learning that focuses on collaborative problem solving, constructive and social constructive approaches. Meaningful learning. The University is addressing issues of quality in e-Learning by adopting a well tested Quality Assurance Tool for e-Learning. The Institutions has Strategic Plans for e-Learning and an Institutional e-Learning Policy that addresses issues of the newly established ODeL.

e-Learning (Computer Mediated Learning and other e-Technologies)
Some of the new developments in the newly established institute include students learning online through an interactive e-Platform, and their access to the University Digital Library. Lecturers will tutor students online and offline and the ODeL programmes will be handled with efficiency. In addition, students, lecturers and the ODeL administration work closely to inject into learning creativity, innovativeness and problem solving solutions. ODeL also aims at having forums for students’ discussions in form of e-Debates, e-Tutorials, e-Workshops and e-Conferencing. Some of the most important e-Learning solutions include:

Training: all ODeL students are trained on how to use the e-Learning solutions.

Examination and Continuous Assessment Tests (CATS)
Examinations will be administered with efficiency and mechanisms are already in place for providing feedback to CATs and release of Final Semester Results online and offline.
Students will submit their assignments online and they will get feedbacks from their facilitators. Students will be provided with two official email addresses and there will be an efficient SMS system that will address student matters.

Robust ICT Support Unit
The institute has robust ICT support unit which is in charge of hardware and software solutions both at the main campus and the regional centres. The ICT support unit has professional ranging from computer hardware troubleshooters, Computer maintenance technicians, Graphics and multimedia designers, Instructional designers, Content reviewers and other technical staff.
The university also wishes to infuse Utra-modern e-Technologies into teaching and learning which includes Computer Based Learning and other e- Technologies such as: m-Learning, Video conferencing, Teleconferencing, satellite and web-based technologies.