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I think a lot of people will do what they can get away with, but it doesn't mean that they aren't cheating or that it's a communication problem that can be shifted onto someone else. I'm not saying that you're doing that Skylark; it just seems to be the default position for anyone who gets caught: "oh, I didn't know I couldn't; I thought I could work in a group on the final exam or bring in notes from home. I thought a facebook group to share answers was cool."
The universal default position should be that you do your own assignments from memory (or materials agreed on by the professor) when you are getting graded on them unless the instruction specifically gives directions that allow collaboration or supplemental materials.
And I guess that more instructors and schools need to start busting people and giving them zeros and bad academic standing.
DSTCHAOS, I know that schools have been making adjustments, but I don't know how much further they can take it other than just making everyone complete any work to be graded under the watchful eye of an instructor. I think a lot of campuses have gone to Turnitin.com for any out of class papers already, but we may be at the point that I think the only thing to do is not to grade the out of class work. It makes sense. Either you know it and can do it in front of a teacher in a new situation or you probably don't know it. Giving grades for homework in college seems like of lame anyway.
Skylark, I agree about who cheats these days. A lot of the kids I know about are intelligent, high achievers who didn't want to put the time in but can't stand to make a bad grade. And I think schools have gotten soft on punishing people so there's not much risk.
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