The ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) is excited to invite California community college faculty to a summer professional development opportunity centered on creating more inclusive, accessible, and equity-minded course materials. Participants will learn to remix Open Educational Resources (OER) using the IDEA Framework, which is a powerful tool designed to evaluate and improve resources through the lenses of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism. Participants will also be prepared to serve as IDEA Framework Assessors, joining a growing network of faculty leaders supporting peers across the state. To be considered for this opportunity, OER materials must meet at least one of the following criteria: (1) the material was supported in some way during an OERI funding cycle (access OERI-Supported Resources), or (2) adoption data demonstrates that the material has been commonly adopted across institutions. If you are using an OER that is not in a discipline collection or in a discipline for which there is no collection, please let the OERI know. Adoptions can be reported by visiting the OER by Discipline page on the OERI website and clicking on “Submit an Adoption Report” (see visual example below).
Participants can choose from two assessment options:
- Expert Assessment: Submit OER you’ve authored or adopted to be reviewed by trained IDEA Framework Assessors.
- Collaborative Assessment: Join a guided IDEA Framework assessment of materials you’ve authored or adopted, working alongside a community of fellow OER adopters.
The insights gained through either option will inform the remixing of new or revised OER materials, ensuring they are inclusive, diverse, equity-minded, and anti-racist.
Assessment Option 1: Expert Assessment
OER adopters and authors can submit new or revised materials for assessment by trained IDEA Framework Assessors. To get the most out of the experience, each participant will complete two supportive trainings:
- Pre-Assessment Training: Gain a clear understanding of the IDEA Framework and what the assessment process involves.
- Post-Assessment Training: Learn how to meaningfully incorporate assessment feedback to strengthen your OER.
Once revisions are complete, your OER will earn an IDEA Framework badge, recognizing it as an inclusive, equity-minded resource, and will be featured in the OERI IDEA Framework Repository of badged resources.
Quick Timeline
- Submission deadline: 6/22/2026
- Pre-assessment training: 6/25/2026 on zoom
- OER assessment returned: 7/20/2026
- Post-assessment training: 7/23/2026 on zoom
Assessment Option 2: Collaborative Assessment
OER adopters and authors are invited to join a guided IDEA Framework assessment, a collaborative, cohort-based experience for faculty working with new or revised OER materials. Over four weekly Zoom sessions, participants will be led through the IDEA assessment process alongside fellow OER adopters, building skills and community as they go. The goals of the guided assessment are to:
- Develop an in-depth understanding of the IDEA Framework
- Build confidence in using the IDEA Framework rubrics
- Assess five chapters from their adopted or authored OER
- Begin incorporating assessment feedback to strengthen and revise their OER
Once the feedback has been fully incorporated, the OER will earn an IDEA Framework badge, recognizing it as an inclusive, equity-minded resource, and will be featured in the OERI IDEA Framework Repository of badged resources.
Quick Timeline
- Meeting 1: 6/23/2026
- Meeting 2: 6/30/2026
- Meeting 3: 7/7/2026
- Meeting 4: 7/14/2026
The IDEA Framework
The IDEA Framework was created to support faculty in pursuing culturally relevant and anti-racist pedagogy through the use and creation of Open Educational Resources. The framework serves as both a guide for creating new OER and a lens for evaluating existing resources.
Since its launch, the OERI has offered IDEA Framework trainings to help individual faculty members learn to evaluate OER using the framework. In the summer of 2024, the OERI successfully piloted the assessment process, and in the summer of 2025, trained a cohort of IDEA Framework Assessors. Through this assessment process, faculty receive actionable feedback and suggestions focused on inclusivity, diversity, equity, and anti-racism to strengthen their OER.
Access the IDEA Framework and Implementation Guide.
Application Forms
Interested in these opportunities? Learn more about the assessments and needed qualifications below.
IDEA Framework Summer 2026 Expert Assessment Application
IDEA Framework Summer 2026 Collaborative Assessment Application
Applications are due by May 1st, 2026. Please email your CV or resume to oeri@asccc.org.
This page last updated April 15, 2026.