Double standard?

Here's an interesting case surfacing from Ryerson University. They have a long tradition of study groups helping each other with their Engineering related homework, but then when a student started a Facebook group to swap tips (and homework answers...) he got slammed and nearly expelled (147 counts of cheating for the 147 students who visited the group). CNN.com reports that the school has only given him a zero on the assignment in question, allowing him to still pass the class.

The point here is: are things that you do online of an inherently different nature? If you gamble online, or have an affair online, some act as though its of less consequence. If you post answers or trade TV shows online (compared to a study group, or giving someone a VHS tape) its a more severe offense? The next few years I'm sure we'll see a proliferation of these gray areas being pressed into the forefront. A technology can't fundamentally change the way we interact without forcing a shift in our comfort zones and cultural standards...