Harvard Courses Turn to Monitored Exams, Open-Book Assessments, and Faith in Students As Classes Mov

"As Harvard students dispersed by the coronavirus pandemic complete their first week of online classes, faculty say they have faith in the College’s Honor Code to guard against the temptation of mid-exam Googling.

Several instructors have chosen to shift remaining exams in their course from closed-book to open-book, allowing students to consult textbooks and notes during the assessment. For example, the final exam in the course Statistics 171: ‘Introduction to Stochastic Processes’ is now open-note and open-book.

Economics professor Christopher L. Foote said he decided to administer solely open-note assessments for the remainder of his course, Economics 1010b: ‘Intermediate Macroeconomics,’ due to the technical challenge of asking his approximately 240 students to install exam proctoring software on their computers." …

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/3/27/harvard-coronavirus-online-exams-academic-integrity/

I was very proud to see my son take his organic chemistry exam last week without checking any resources online or notes or books. I think he scored over 90% on it. The test was 80 minutes, I believe, and he was done with maybe 5 minutes to spare.