The IDI

The IDI is a comprehensive tool that incorporates multiple components beyond an online assessment, including reflective, interpretation, and suggestions on how a person can deepen their intercultural competence. The 50 assessment items are culture-general in nature; the IDI does not refer to the culture of any specific community, ethnicity, group, etc. The IDI is used across a range of industries to engage individuals, groups, and organizations in understanding their approach to cultural differences. Widely adopted in higher education, the IDI complements a variety of programs including faculty and staff development; student assessment and development; and study abroad amongh other programming.

Individual faculty and staff members of the Valpo campus community are invited to take the IDI. If you participate in this professional development opportunity, you will learn more about intercultural competence. You may then decide to explore the potential to integrate the IDI within your classroom, unit, or other specific group of colleagues or students. If you are a faculty or staff member interested in taking the IDI, please contact Carol Goss or Stacy Hoult or complete the IDI Interest Form.

• Complete a 50-item, online assessment (15-20 min.)
• Schedule a debrief meeting, a required component of the IDI assessment.
• Shortly before the debrief meeting, receive your individual results and your IDI Plan.
• Participate in a confidential, one-on-one debrief meeting during which you will interpret your results.
• If desired, begin your individualized plan as you develop your intercultural competence. LINC offers the IDI Planners Group, a monthly accountability group for faculty and staff who wish to begin working on their IDI Plan.