Harvard University administrators have confirmed they searched the emails of deans as part of an investigation into a leak of astudentcheating scandal.
In another MOOC she took run by a University of Pennsylvania professor, a half-dozen teaching assistants shepherded student discussion online and cheating was much less pervasive, she said.
Dr McLone also noted evidence of more high-tech cheating in other countries, giving an example of astudent in Poland who brought a lucky mascot into exams which turned out to be a disguised radio receiver.