The traditional face-to-face educational attitude is now losing its positions to innovative ICT-style web-based approach. The problem of quality distance learning organizing is relevant for higher education institutions, especially nowadays with no borders not only for technology and infor-mation but also for physical viruses that make substantial corrections to the way people live, communicate and study. Rapidly growing communication technologies put forward new requirements for future professionals in any sphere, this demand can be met by qualitative approach to learning techniques as well as significant educational process restructuring. The article features different scientists’ views on the notions of mobile (open, distance) learning, as well as blended (hybrid) learning. Foreign outlook on distance learning experience is given, domestic experts’ re-search on the topic is analysed. The necessity of mobile learning approach implementation in higher education institutions is substantiated within the scope. It is supported by the results of a survey, completed by first and second year NTUU KPI students on specialties 122 (Computer Sciences) and 124 (System analysis). It is emphasized that with the progress of a large number of web-oriented services, sophisticated technologies development, augmented and virtual realities implementation, new conditions are created for the devel-opment of learning skills to work with innovative systems. The article shows the need for the above-mentioned skills to be supported by a holis-tic system for distance learning organization in education institutions in Ukraine.