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This special issue focuses on mobile learning, which is about not only providing access to information through handheld devices, but also the ability to create and share knowledge, through services such as Google Maps, which is now available on mobile phones. In the near future, issues such as preserving copyright and maintaining quality will have to be faced. Articles include: ‘Introduction to special issue of JCAL on mobile learning’ by M. Sharples; ‘Do handheld devices facilitate face-to-face collaboration? handheld devices with large shared display groupware to facilitate group interactions’ by C.C. Liu and L.C. Kao (pp. 283-284); ‘Enriching spaces in practice-based education to support collaboration while mobile: the case of teacher education’ by E.M. Morken, M. Divitini and O.K. Haugalokken (pp. 300-311); ‘Development of a cross-platform ubiquitous language learning service via mobile phone and interactive television’ by S. Fallahkhair, L. Pemberton and R. Griffiths (pp. 312-325); ‘Affordances of mobile technologies for experiential learning: the interplay of technology and pedagogical practices’ by C.H. Lai … [et al.] (pp. 326-337); and ‘Innovative socio-technical environments in support of distributed intelligence and lifelong learning’ by G. Fischer and S. Konomi.