COVID-19 has produced a transformation in society that has, in turn, influenced the field of education. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of COVID-19 on education using the Web of Science database. A methodology based on bibliometrics was used. Specifically, a scientific mapping of the literature was carried out, as well as a co-word analysis on the state of the question. The analysis included 940 publications. The results show that the institution with the highest volume of production in this field is the University of London. Among the journals, the Journal of Chemical Education stands out. Furthermore, in the analysis of the structural and thematic development of co-words, a high percentage of keyword matching was observed. In 2020, the motor themes were mental-health, organic-chemistry, general-public, first-year-undergraduate, and upper-division-undergraduate, while in 2021, they were autism-spectrum-disorder, adoption, internet, and intervention. It can be concluded that investigation into COVID-19 in the educational field is in its initial process. The research is currently mainly oriented to pedagogical methods, especially e-learning or collaborative learning, although they are not the only trends in this field. Research is also focusing on mental health, students with various disorders, and higher education. In the near future, research on COVID-19 in the field of education will probably be oriented to the application of effective pedagogical methods to train students at various educational stages.

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The progress of the COVID19 meant the sudden closure of face-to-face teaching at a university-University of Valladolid, Spain-with an eminently face-to-face orientation. The challenge was to teach 2,500 teachers and 28,000 students to use the Virtual Campus (Moodle), videoconferencing, and multimedia generation tools in a week. The approach was to produce video-tutorials, webinars and mainly a set of socialdriven forums in the VLE Moodle. This way the University was able to continue its activity in a timely manner. Teachers promptly started to use all these tools that were previously almost unused. Moreover, teachers have continued using those tools in the following academic course.