Learn Your Way: Towards an AI-Augmented Textbook, Google Research

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[Submitted on 13 Sep 2025 (v1), last revised 19 Sep 2025 (this version, v2)]

Authors:LearnLM Team, Google: Alicia Martín, Amir Globerson, Amy Wang, Anirudh Shekhawat, Anna Iurchenko, Anisha Choudhury, Avinatan Hassidim, Ayça Çakmakli, Ayelet Shasha Evron, Charlie Yang, Courtney Heldreth, Diana Akrong, Gal Elidan, Hairong Mu, Ian Li, Ido Cohen, Katherine Chou, Komal Singh, Lev Borovoi, Lidan Hackmon, Lior Belinsky, Michael Fink, Niv Efron, Preeti Singh, Rena Levitt, Shashank Agarwal, Shay Sharon, Tracey Lee-Joe, Xiaohong Hao, Yael Gold-Zamir, Yael Haramaty, Yishay Mor, Yoav Bar Sinai, Yossi Matias

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Abstract:Textbooks are a cornerstone of education, but they have a fundamental limitation: they are a one-size-fits-all medium. Any new material or alternative representation requires arduous human effort, so that textbooks cannot be adapted in a scalable manner. We present an approach for transforming and augmenting textbooks using generative AI, adding layers of multiple representations and personalization while maintaining content integrity and quality. We refer to the system built with this approach as Learn Your Way. We report pedagogical evaluations of the different transformations and augmentations, and present the results of a a randomized control trial, highlighting the advantages of learning with Learn Your Way over regular textbook usage.