The Handbook on Personalised Learning, edited by M. L. Bernacki, C. Walkington, A. Emery and L. Zhang and published by Routledge late in 2025 is a timely resource. Editors and authors are all based at US of A Universities.
A preview pdf with the preface summarising the book's content, Chapter one by J. L. Plass and F. Froehlich on 'Trends in personalised learning' is available.
There are 7 sections in the book The first section has chapters to define and provide the theoretical background for individualised learning.
Section 2 reports on 2 approaches, exemplifying what personalised learning can achieve. The contexts are digital and game-based learning environments).
Section 3 centres around the psychological theories of learning on how individuals learning and what characteristics support learning.
Section 4 covers instructional design principles for individualises/personalised learning
Section 5 digs deeper into learning design for specific disciplines - math, reading, social studies, computer science).
Section 6 revolve around the advantages of personalised learning
Section 7 has a focus on the policies and environmental factors which support/or disrupt tje implementation of personalised learning.
Chapter 1 - lays out the definition of personalised learning, along with how it is designed. Integrates the contribution of Gen AI into the mix, how can Gen AI be leveraged to support personalised learning and especially to provide greater accuracy for adaptive learning - which has been a major challenge for personalised learning platforms.
A book setting down some of the precepts and foundations for personalised learning with the inclusion of Gen AI and its potential.
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