Steve Villachica, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Instructional & Performance Technology
stevevillachica@boisestate.edu
Phone: 208-426-4664 | Fax: 208-426-1970 | Office: ENGR 322
Instructional & Performance Technology
stevevillachica@boisestate.edu
Phone: 208-426-4664 | Fax: 208-426-1970 | Office: ENGR 322
Education
- Ph. D., Educational Technology, University of Northern Colorado (UNC), 1999.
- Master of Arts, Computer Technology in Education, UNC, 1986.
- Bachelor of Arts, English, Summa cum Laude, UNC, 1980.
Publications
- PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
- Villachica, S., Marker, A. & Taylor, K. (in press) But what do they really expect? Employer perceptions of entry-level ID skills. Performance Improvement Quarterly.
- Villachica, S. W. & Stepich, D. A. Five training practices to survive troubled times. (manuscript under revision at Performance Improvement Quarterly).
- TECHNICAL REPORTS
- Villachica, S. W., Marker, A., & Taylor, K. (2009, January 29). Summary results of an entry-level instructional designer skills survey (unpublished report).
- The Human Performance Technology Research Group (2002, January 3). HPT cognitive analysis: A final report to the ISPI board (unpublished report).
- EDITED JOURNALS AND TRADE PUBLICATIONS
- Olszewski, J, Grossmann, J., Villachica, S., & Stone, D. (2004, November). QIS, a field-based e-evaluation tool: Marketing strategies and tactics that are making the grade, PharmaVoice, 4(11), 32-35.
- Villachica, S.W., Stone, D. L. & Endicott, J. (2004, November/December). Project alignment: Ensuring successful development and implementation from Day One. Performance Improvement, 43(10), 9-15.
- Stone, D. L., & Villachica, S. W. (2004, September). Lessons learned from Victoria’s Secret: Ensuring the “pull” for performance-based e-learning. Performance Improvement, 43(8), 5-7.
- Stone, D. L., & Villachica, S. W. (2004, February 5). What comprises an EPSS? A “big tent” view of learning and job support. ASTD TechKnowledge® Storytellers (4). Available at: http://www1.astd.org/TK04/pdf/EPSS.pdf
- Stone, D. L., & Villachica, S. W. (2004, January 8). Why EPSS? It’s all about return on investment (ROI). ASTD TechKnowledge® Storytellers (2). Available at: http://www1.astd.org/TK04/pdf/Why_EPSS.pdf
- Olszewski, J., Endicott, J., Villachica, S. & Stone, D. (2003). Prototyping for e-learning that works! SPBT Focus (13), 2, 63-67.
- Stone, D. L., & Villachica, S. W. (2003). And then a miracle occurs! Ensuring the successful implementation of enterprisewide EPSS and e-learning from day one. Performance Improvement, 42(3), 42-51.
- Villachica, S. W. (2002, February). Picturing expertise in HPT. Performance Xpress, http://performancexpress.org/0202/
- Stone, D. L., & Villachica, S. W. (1997). Performance support for knowledge workers. Performance Improvement, 36(3), 6-12.
- Villachica, S. (1996). Program reduces training and improves performance. Multimedia Training Newsletter, 3(8), 4.
- Villachica, S. W., Lamos, J. P., & Stone, D. L. (1991). Linking CBT with job performance. CBT Directions, 4, 14-19.
- Lamos, J. P., Villachica, S. W., & Stone, D. L. (1991). Is your CBT worthwhile?” CBT Directions, 4, 16-21.
- McMorrow, S. S. & Villachica, S. W. (1986). Review of the Student Word Perfect TM Software. Journal of Computer-Based Instruction.
- BOOK CHAPTERS
- Villachica, S. W. & Stone, D. L. (in press). Cognitive task analysis. In R. Foshay & K. H. Silber (Eds.), Handbook of training and improving workplace performance: Volume 1. Instructional design and training delivery. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
- Villachica, S. W., Stone, D. L., & Endicott, J. E. (2006). Performance support systems. In J. Pershing (Ed.), Handbook of human performance technology: Improving individual and organizational performance worldwide (3rd ed., pp. 539-566). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
- Villachica, S. W., & Stone, D. L. (1999). Performance support systems. In H. D. Stolovitch and E. J. Keeps (Eds.), Handbook of human performance technology: Improving individual and organizational performance worldwide (2nd ed., pp. 442-463). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
- Villachica, S. W., & Stone, D. L. (1998). Rapid application development for performance technology: Five strategies to deliver better interventions in less time. In P. J. Dean and D. E. Ripley (Eds.), Performance improvement interventions: Performance technologies in the workplace (pp. 343-399). Washington, DC: International Society for Performance Improvement.
- Villachica, S. W., & Stone, D. L. (1998). CORNERSTONE: A case study of a large-scale performance support system. In P. J. Dean and D. E. Ripley (Eds.), Performance improvement interventions: Performance technologies in the workplace (pp. 437-460). Washington, DC: International Society for Performance Improvement.
- Endicott, J. E., Villachica, S. W., & Stone, D. L. (1998). KICS: Best practices caught in the web. In T. Esque & C. Binder (Eds.), Case Studies in performance improvement. Washington, DC: International Society for Performance Improvement.
Research
- My primary research interest lies in leveraging expertise in ways that improve organizational performance. Other interests include:
- Employer expectations of entry-level instructional designers.
- Emerging trends in instructional and performance technology.
- Workplace learning and job support for knowledge workers.
- Cognitively-based task analysis, instruction, assessment, and evaluation.
- Rapid application development, scrum, and emerging project management methods.
- To identify and leverage sources of expertise in virtual teaming, I am currently partnering with colleagues to:
- conduct a Delphi study to investigate virtual teaming in workplace learning and performance improvement settings.
- create a software application allowing searches within and between the contents of video files in an online collection.
Areas Of Interest
- Leveraging expertise in ways that improve individual
- Organizational performance