In the past two decades, a revolution in wireless technology has taken place, enabling a reduction in people's dependency on cable in order to communicate. Moreover, in the last decade, there has been a huge evolution in the performance and features of mobile devices. In many cases and for many tasks, this has led to mobile devices becoming a feasible replacement for laptop or desktop computers. While it is hard to say whether the new breed of devices will be an outright replacement, they certainly mean that there is a new layer of interaction.

Thematic areas

The RUSC is interested in receiving research articles on this topic by authors from all educational sectors and around the world. The specific thematic areas of the monographic Dossier are as follows:

• advances in mobile learning in higher education
• applications of mobile learning in higher education
• evaluation of mobile learning in higher education
• emerging technologies for mobile learning in higher education
• ethical considerations in mobile learning in higher education
• futures of mobile learning in higher education
• historical perspectives of mobile learning in higher education
• instructional design for mobile learning in higher education
• interface design for mobile learning in higher education
• learner interaction in mobile learning in higher education
• learner support for mobile learning in higher education
• mobile learning in higher education: best practices around the world
• research on mobile learning in higher education
• standards for developing mobile learning in higher education
• strategies for mobile learning in higher education

Guest Editors

Dr. Mohamed Ally is professor in Distance Education and a researcher in the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI) at Athabasca University, Canada. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. His current areas of research include mobile learning, eLearning, distance education, and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in training and education.

Dr. Josep Prieto-Blázquez obtained his doctorate in Computer Science from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in January 2009. He also holds a master's degree in Computer Science from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (BarcelonaTech, UPC). Since 1998, he has worked as a lecturer in the Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunication Department at the UOC, where he has been the director of the Computer Engineering (CE) program since 2001 and a vice-dean since 2009.

Submission deadline

Articles should be submitted by 30 June 2013.

Articles will be published in Volume 11, Number 1, in January 2014.