The University of Nairobi suspended Face–to-face learning on March 16th 2020 following a presidential directive to close all learning institutions to contain the spread of Corona Virus.In light of this the Senate resolved that all teaching & learning be migrated to online platforms. The following platforms have been approved for use in teaching and learning:

 - Zoom

 - Google Classroom

- Big Blue Button

–Blackboard

 - Webex

- University e-learning platform (e-class)

The Principal College of Education and External Studies CEES hosted visitors from Corncordia University, Canada. The discussions were centered on areas of collaboration between the Concordia  University and the Department of Educational Communication and Technology especially in digital literacy as the country embarks on the implementation of the Competency based curriculum (CBC). The department has it's third year  Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Development students already going through the learning tool kit programme.