The developments in mobile learning and its application in the higher education including libraries

As technological devices become more present in education, more researchers and educators are looking into different aspects of technology enhanced learning. Most recently, focus in technology enhanced learning is put on use of mobile devices i.e. mobile learning or m-learning. Mobile learning promotes concept of anytime anywhere learning which is important for students who frequently change places of learning and need access to the learning material as they move from one place to another. Such concept of learning is possible because more and more students have some type of a mobile device and mobile devices are mostly cheap, portable and flexible, have no start-up time, and require virtually no maintenance. While the mobile technology seems to be very attractive to students and usable in the learning process, there are also problems which burden further development of mobile learning or at least they are not helping its development: technological problems and obsolesce, lack of digital content made for use on mobile devices, lack of training of proper use of mobile devices in the learning process etc. Most of these and similar problems could be overcome if universities put more effort in adoption of mobile technologies among students and teaching staff.