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Education·G Space·Evidence-backed gain·Published 2026-07-20

<scp>AI</scp>‐driven adaptive learning for sustainable educational transformation

Abstract This paper scrutinizes how adaptive learning technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming today's education by making it personalized, accessible, and efficient as well as leading people to accepting, addressing, and mitigating sustainable development. Recently, education witnessed a remarkable technological surge driven by various advances in technology, which can be demonstrated by the increase of the number of scientific publications on this topic from just 1 in 1990 to 636 in 2023.…

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<scp>AI</scp>‐driven adaptive learning for sustainable educational transformation

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The quick read

This peer-reviewed bibliometric analysis examines how AI and adaptive learning technologies are reshaping education. Using VOSviewer to map 3518 Web of Science publications from 1990 to 2024, the authors document growth from 1 publication in 1990 to 636 in 2023 and attribute acceleration to broader digitalization and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The work matters because it frames personalized, accessible, and efficient learning as a pathway to more educated citizens and sustainable development, while remaining a literature-mapping exercise rather than an evaluation of classroom outcomes. By October 2024, the evidence presented is publication trends and thematic shifts, not measured learning gains or implementation costs.

Main points
  • Bibliometric analysis of 3518 publications indexed in Web of Science from 1990 to 2024 using keywords adaptive learning and AI.
  • Number of scientific publications on the topic grew from 1 in 1990 to 636 in 2023, indicating a technological surge.
  • Analysis used VOSviewer and included articles, proceeding papers, and book chapters.
  • Authors link the transformation to a digital surge in education brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gain

AI-driven adaptive learning systems personalize instruction to individual learning styles and abilities, making education more accessible and efficient.

The rundown

The paper presents a bibliometric study of adaptive learning and AI literature, analyzing 3518 selected publications from the Web of Science database covering 1990 to 2024, comprising articles, proceeding papers, and book chapters, using VOSviewer.

Results highlight a sharp rise in publications from just 1 in 1990 to 636 in 2023, with recent technological changes and the COVID-19 pandemic described as reinforcing a digital surge that transformed adaptive learning toward personalized experiences.

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