
On the (A)AEL book version 2.1 – a few formal comments in advance
Since 2021, an open and freely accessible online publication and open educational resource on the conceptual approach and framework of Agile Educational Leadership in the post-digital age (AEL for short) has been created iteratively and incrementally on this domain with the AEL book. Since July 2024, the title of the approach and framework has been further developed with version 2.0 to AAEL – Ambidextrous Agile Educational Leadership for the joint design of (higher) education in the post-digital age (short: AAEL).
For the AEL book and, strictly speaking, now for the AAEL book, the next milestone is the differentiation of a version 2.1 for 2024/25 and a version 3.0 for 2026. The AEL book version 1.0 was completed in 2021. It is still available as the now archived version 1.0 here in the menu on the left.
A chatbot for the AAEL book (in short: AAEL bot) has been set up. The AAEL bot combines previous publications (as of 2/2025) and, on this basis, answers your questions about the conceptual approach and framework Ambidextrous Agile Educational Leadership in Post-Digitality in version 2.0. There is an icon on the left side of the home page to open the bot.
While updated and new chapters will gradually evolve into a comprehensive version 2.0, the previous version that is still available will remain valid.
The conceptual development of the approach and framework of Agile Educational Leadership in the post-digital era, as well as its further development in terms of empirical and theoretical foundation and for a practical transfer for the (higher) education context, are part of Prof. Dr. Kerstin Mayrberger’s research and development activities at the University of Hamburg.
The AAEL book is one result and product of the DUA project. DUA stands for the project title ‘Digitality and Ambidexter – On professionally handling change in formal (higher) education contexts under the conditions of digitalisation’ (see this transfer profile for a brief description). The DUA project’s own website is therefore linked to this domain and serves as a productive and informative reference point and further project context for the AAEL book. The DUA blog, which is linked to the website, and its comment function provide an opportunity to find out about innovations and to get in direct contact with each other about the AAEL book.
Here you are invited to comment on the latest changes, ask further questions and provide impulses! Constructive suggestions for the backlog of the AAEL book are welcome. Please keep the following information in mind regarding the process of editing the AAEL book in its (interim) versions:
- What you see here is already an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of the AEL book in the agile and incremental sense, which is available to you before completion (#done).
- Each new version of the AAEL book is given its own version number.
- The iterative changes, additions and restructuring in the individual chapters of the online book are also marked at the end of the respective page with the date of the last update and major changes along the backlog are noted and made transparent as the next version with date in a changelog.
- For every new section of text, every major change or new item from the AEL book and its context, the DUA project, there is a corresponding post on the DUA blog with a comment function. If possible, please use this comment function for discussions, feedback, questions and suggestions.
- A blog post directly related to an online chapter with a comment function is linked directly under the respective text section in the AEL book and is also accessible via the RSS feed “News about the AEL book & the DUA project”.
- The comments in the DUA blog are moderated, so the publication of comments and replies may take a while. Comments that do not fit the topic will not be published.
- All your comments will be answered.
- In addition, you can also send feedback and comments directly by e‑mail or leave them directly on the relevant AEL posts via LinkedIn.
Last update on 18/03/2025 (Changelog)