Who are we?
The Centre for Open, Distance and eLearning (CODeL) operates as a dual-mode Centre with over 6000 registered distance and online mode students under the direct supervision of the Pro-Vice Chancellor: Academic Affairs within the University of Namibia. The Director of CODeL manages and coordinates all primary functions of the Centre, which include among others, for contextual purposes of this report, facilitating the development and implementation of distance, online, as well as blended learning courses and programmes through its three respective sections, Open and Distance Learning (ODL), eLearning and Administration in CODeL.
The Centre promotes the development and implementation of policies, procedures and standards for effective service delivery in Open, Distance and eLearning (ODeL).
The Centre is also responsible for identifying, writing and administering collaboration linkages and participates in on-going planning processes, which align to the Centre’s Strategic Objectives.
All activities of the Centre contribute to the overall achievement of the Centre’s mandate and it equally contributes to the University’s overall Vision and Mission.

Why Choose CODeL?
- Enhanced assessment administration
- Improved document trail records
- Flexible and distributed student assessment services
- Immediacy of assessment feedback
- Enhanced student-tutor interaction
- Learning analytics
- Plagiarism control