As an important research topic in the field of smart education, personalized learning recommendation has a core goal of using recommendation algorithms and models to provide learners with effective learning resources that match their individual learning needs, interests, abilities, and histories, so as to improve learners’ learning effects. Current recommendation methods have problems such as cold start, data sparsity, poor interpretability, and over-personalization, and the combination of knowledge graph and Large Language Model (LLM) provides strong support to solve the above problems. Firstly, the contents such as concepts and current research status of personalized learning recommendation were overviewed. Secondly, the concepts of knowledge graph and LLM and their specific applications in personalized learning recommendation were discussed respectively. Thirdly, the collaborative application methods of knowledge graph and LLM in personalized learning recommendation were summarized. Finally, the future development directions of knowledge graph and LLM in personalized learning recommendation were prospected to provide reference and inspiration for continuous development and innovative practice in the field of personalized learning recommendation.