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Desktop Sharing

Desktop sharing is a common name for technologies and products that allow remote access and remote collaboration on a person's computer desktop.

Digital media

Electronic media where data are stored in digital (as opposed to analogue) form.

Discussion board

A general term for any online "bulletin board" where you can leave and expect to see responses to messages you have left.

discussion forum
See also discussion board.
Distance Learning
Delivering education and instruction, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom. Distance learning provides "access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both.Extensive use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the delivery of education and instruction and the use of synchronous and asynchronous online communication in an interactive learning environment or virtual communities