Hi. I am Adronisha Frazier (she/her/hers). I am one of your new contributing co-editors here at OER and Beyond. I teach biology, medical microbiology, and environmental biology lecture and lab courses and serve as the Natural Sciences Department Chair at a two-year institution. I work closely with my colleagues as we advise, mentor, and teach students in rural and suburban communities to support their certification completion, degree attainment, and transfer opportunities. My background includes biology curriculum design and development, assisting science faculty with implementing pedagogical practices in the classroom, OER selection, development, and modification, and utilizing learning analytics to enhance course design.

A few projects I have worked on include creating ancillary materials for OpenStax’s Microbiology textbooks. These ancillary materials, PowerPoint Presentation slides, are in the LOUIS Library OER Commons. These presentation slides are detailed resources covering the first ten chapters of the textbook. As part of the LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network project, “Connecting the Pipeline: Libraries, OER, and Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary,” I collaborated with five faculty members at four-year institutions in Louisiana and one academic librarian to create an Environmental Science Pressbook with a Louisiana perspective and an accompanying Moodle course. The textbook includes eleven chapters that span common environmental science topics, such as water quality, air pollution, climate change, and energy, and additional chapters addressing human behavior on environmental health, nutrition, and environmental justice. Throughout the textbook, H5P activities allow students to self-assess their knowledge retention of the content. 

Ultimately, my expertise with OERs is rooted in my experience as a faculty member, instructional designer, and education researcher. Some topics that I may delve into include adopting strategies for OER development and implementation, identifying best practices for leveraging administrative support for OER implementation, the inclusion of diverse voices for resource development in the OER community, technology ethics, global concerns for situating OERs in the classroom, cross-pollination of open science and open pedagogy, and OERs in the virtual learning space.

I look forward to sharing my perspective on OERs, but I also encourage you to become involved in learning more about open education. Events hosted during Open Education Week presented numerous opportunities for involvement with open education, OERs, and beyond. But the road doesn’t end there. Be on the lookout for additional opportunities by following an OER Listserv.