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Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning

Dr. Lisa Giacumo started at Boise State University in 2015. She is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Organizational Performance & Workplace Learning. Dr. Giacumo received a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University, a M.S. in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology from SUNY University at Albany focusing on Instructional Technology along with a B.A. in French Studies with minors in Education and International Perspectives of Third World Countries. Her professional experience includes being a Contract Instructional Design & Training Consultant for Oxfam GB in Oxford, England and an Instructional Designer for the Apollo Group in Tempe, Arizona. She is currently a member of the American Educational Research Association, International Society for Performance Improvement, and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Dr. Giacumo’s research interests include blended, online, distance, and eLearning design, cross-cultural learning and performance design, as well as mentoring in organizations.

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Dr. Lisa Giacumo started at Boise State University in 2015. She is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Organizational Performance & Workplace Learning. Dr. Giacumo received a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University, a M.S. in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology from SUNY University at Albany focusing on Instructional Technology along with a B.A. in French Studies with minors in Education and International Perspectives of Third World Countries. Her professional experience includes being a Contract Instructional Design & Training Consultant for Oxfam GB in Oxford, England and an Instructional Designer for the Apollo Group in Tempe, Arizona. She is currently a member of the American Educational Research Association, International Society for Performance Improvement, and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Dr. Giacumo’s research interests include blended, online, distance, and eLearning design, cross-cultural learning and performance design, as well as mentoring in organizations.

Articles (13)

Instructional Design for Socially Distanced Compliance Audit (Lorraine Frazier-Aich, Justin Beaudry, Madeleine MacDonald, et al.) TechTrends (2023)

The COVID-19 pandemic made being socially distant an essential practice to upskill employees. As employers incorporate measures to keep employees socially distant from one another, they also need to consider technology to make this practice ...

Asynchronous Discussion Forum Design to Support Cognition: Effects of Rubrics and Instructor Prompts on Learner’s Critical Thinking, Achievement, and Satisfaction (Lisa A. Giacumo and Wilhelmina Savenye) Educational Technology Research and Development (2020)

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of two metacognitive scaffolds on learners’ cognition by evaluating student critical thinking skills performance in an asynchronous discussion board and achievement in a blended learning ...

A Formative Evaluation of a Master's-Level Career-Coaching Course for Performance Improvement Students (Steven W. Villachica, Vicki Stieha, Lisa Giacumo, et al.) Performance Improvement Quarterly (2020)

The authors conducted a formative evaluation of an iteratively evolving career-coaching course. All 11 master's students who had enrolled in the course between Winter 2016 and Fall 2017 participated in the evaluation. Our evaluation addressed ...

Creating Accessible and Inclusive Online Learning: Moving Beyond Compliance and Broadening the Discussion (Patrick R. Lowenthal, Kirsta Greear, Michael Humphrey, et al.) Quarterly Review of Distance Education (2020)

Accessibility is a hot topic in online education these days. Despite the increased focus on accessibility, most discussions of creating "accessible" online courses and elearning simply focus on adding alternative text to images and captions ...

Ethical and Responsible Cross‐Cultural Interviewing: Theory to Practice Guidance for Human Performance and Workplace Learning Professionals (D'Jeane T. Peters and Lisa A. Giacumo) Performance Improvement (2020)

Conducting interviews in a cross-cultural setting is increasingly common for human performance technology (HPT) practitioners and researchers. Planning to conduct interviews in a culture that the practitioner may not be familiar with requires additional methodological ...

A Needs Analysis to Inform Global Humanitarian Capacity Building (Jeroen Breman, Lisa A. Giacumo and Rachel Griffith-Boyes) TechTrends (2019)

This article describes a needs analysis case study to inform the instructional design of a multinational capacity building project in humanitarian logistics. Survey responses from 106 foreign partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of international non-governmental organizations ...

A Systematic Evaluation Process: Soliciting Client Participation and Working in a Cross‐Cultural Context (D'Jeane T. Peters and Lisa A. Giacumo) Performance Improvement (2019)

A systematic evaluation process helps performance improvement practitioners organize their work with clients to deliver valued results. Further, we implemented a strategic partnership approach to solicit client participation to conduct a feasible systemic training evaluation ...

Educational and Environmental Support for Novice E‐Learning Developers (Lisa A. Giacumo, Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung, Ingrid A. Campbell, et al.) Performance Improvement (2018)

The e‐learning marketplace is evolving. Many organizations use rapid e‐learning development tools today, and instructional designers often need to upgrade their marketable skill‐sets as applied to e‐learning. We gathered survey and interview data from academic ...

Culture as a Design "Next": Theoretical Frameworks to Guide New Design, Development, and Research of Learning Environments (Tutaleni I. Asino, Lisa A. Giacumo and Victoria Chen) The Design Journal (2017)

In the design ecosystem, culture is often ignored or relegated to the periphery, perhaps because some see it as a concept that is hard to explain or completely capture. To contribute to a new direction, ...

Emerging Evidence on the Use of Big Data and Analytics in Workplace Learning: A Systematic Literature Review (Lisa A. Giacumo and Jeroen Breman) Quarterly Review of Distance Education (2016)

This article provides a systematic literature review about nonprofit and for-profit organizations using "big data" to inform performance improvement initiatives. The review of literature resulted in 4 peer-reviewed articles and an additional 33 studies covering ...

Facilitation Prompts and Rubrics on Higher-Order Thinking Skill Performance Found in Undergraduate Asynchronous Discussion Boards (Lisa A. Giacumo, Wilhelmina Savenye and Nichole Smith) British Journal of Educational Technology (2013)

Over the past 20 years, researchers have begun to examine data from asynchronous computer-mediated student discussions in courses. Some results have shown students to demonstrate lower or mid-level thinking skills, while others suggest students routinely ...

Engaging Students 140 Characters at a Time (Todd Kisicki, Brad Bostick and Lisa Giacumo) E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (2011)

This paper is a report on the findings of a study conducted on the use of microblogging (Twitter) in a teacher preparation program at large urban university in the southwest United States. A questionnaire asked ...

Explicitly Addressing TPACK in Preservice Teacher Curriculum (Mia Kim Williams, Keith Wetzel, Teresa S. Foulger, et al.) Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (2011)

What does TPACK look like in preservice teacher preparation programs? This project explores candidates’ knowledge and experiences after participation in a TPACK-focused learning unit. This research uses mixed methods of survey data and document analysis ...

Preparing Instructional Designers to Apply Human Performance Technology in Global Context (Lisa A. Giacumo and Tutaleni I. Asino) The Instructional Design Trainer’s Guide: Authentic Practices and Considerations for Mentoring ID and Ed Tech Professionals (2022)

This chapter emphasizes key considerations for work across cultures and in global con-texts. We share an example of an organizational systems mapping project, which is one way to begin a needs assessment and needs analysis ...

Preparing Instructional Designers to Scale Needs Assessment (JIll E. Stefaniak, Lisa A. Giacumo and Steven W. Villachica) The Instructional Design Trainer’s Guide: Authentic Practices and Considerations for Mentoring ID and Ed Tech Professionals (2022)

This chapter emphasizes the importance of needs assessment in instructional design practice. It differentiates between needs assessment and needs analysis while providing strategies that can be employed by instructional designers to scale needs assessments to ...

Culture and Global Workplace Learning: Foundations of Cross‐Cultural Design Theories and Models (Tutaleni I. Asino and Lisa Giacumo) The Wiley Handbook of Global Workplace Learning (2019)

The chapter provides an overview of some key models exploring organizational and national cultures. The aim is to help workplace learning and development practitioners incorporate an understanding of the impact of culture into their work, ...

Workplace Learning, Big Data, and Organizational Readiness: Where to Start? (Lisa A. Giacumo, Steven W. Villachica and Jeroen Breman) Digital Workplace Learning: Bridging Formal and Informal Learning with Digital Technologies (2018)

There is a growing need for professionals who are able to analyze large data sets to inform business decisions. Evidence for this need is presented through examples of big data and analytics used to inform ...

Lifting an LI, FG, and/or UR Support Program Off the Ground During COVID-19: Successes and Lessons Learned (Lenz Kaspar Bayas, Lisa A. Giacumo, Chantel Early, et al.) 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access (2021)

Researchers describe a need for increased access to and transitional support into STEM graduate education for low-income, academically talented, first-generation and/or underrepresented and minority (LIATFirstGenURM) students. In October 2019, we were awarded an NSF scholarship ...

Big Data and Analytics for Big Wins: Environmental Cues, Readiness Indicators, and Select Analytics Applications (Jeroen Breman, Lisa A. Giacumo and Steven W. Villachica) Association for Educational Communications Technology (2016)

This work is based on a recent systematic literature review of big data and learning analytics to inform management, training, and instructional systems design that was conducted by Giacumo and Breman (in press). Villachica and ...

Big data, learning analytics, training, and performance improvement: Emerging evidence (Lisa A. Giacumo and Jeroen Breman) Association for Educational Communications Technology (2016)

This session focused on their systematic literature review of big data and learning analytics to inform management, training, and instructional systems design in NGOs. Surprisingly, the search yielded little to no evidence of the use ...

E-Learning Authoring Software Selection: How Do Instructional Designers Gain Competency Using and Selecting Appropriate Digital Media Development Tools? (Lisa Giacumo and Quincy Conley) 38th Annual AECT Convention Proceedings - Indianapolis, IN: Selected Research and Development Papers (2015)

Given the recent rapid innovation of e-learning authoring tools, academic programs responsible for preparing future training practitioners are faced with the difficult task of deciding how best to design curriculum for e-learning production skills for ...

A Student Engagement Case Study (Lisa Giacumo, Todd Kisicki and Brad Bostick) 34th Annual Proceedings: Selected Reserach and Development Papers Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2011)

In 2006, the public was introduced to a new social networking platform bringing forth the first microblogging web-based communication tool known as Twitter (Ebner, Lienhardt, Rohs, & Meyer, 2010). This service has seen remarkable growth ...

21st Century Community College Teaching Strategies and Medieval History: A Design and Development Project (Lisa Giacumo, Wilhelmina Savenye and Greg Sausville) 33rd Annual Proceedings of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2010)

Systematic instructional design provides a crucial vehicle for designers and teachers to develop efficient and effective learning environments (Dick, Carey, & Carey, 2005). Formative program evaluation provides an opportunity for designers and teachers to modify ...

Effectiveness of Mediated Communication Formats for Learning and Student Interaction in a Distance Learning Course (Nichole Smith, Wilhelmina Savenye and Lisa Giacumo) 33rd Annual Proceedings of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2010)

Making Instructional Design Accessible in Recessionary Times: A Partnership-Based Design and Development Evaluation (Lisa Giacumo, Amy Steeby and Philippos Savvides) 33rd Annual Proceedings of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2010)

While high quality instructional design tends to be economically rewarding for organizational adopters, it also requires a substantial capitol investment that small businesses often forgo. Such deployments require relatively robust corporate budgets, which are unrealistic ...