Jaccard Dominique

Dominique Jaccard is a Professor at the Haute école d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD), specifically within the Institut d'ingénierie des Médias (MEI). He leads the Serious Games and Edtech Competency Group, focusing on digital pedagogy, learning analytics, and project management education through game-based approaches.

• Developed HUMAn real-time patient simulation model for emergency triage training
• Created the co.LAB collaborative framework for serious game development
• Secured major grants from Innosuisse and Swiss National Science Foundation
• Collaborated with institutions like University of Agder, Université de Genève, and Université de Fribourg

Research Interests: His work bridges educational sciences and computer science, emphasizing:

• Digital games for emergency medicine and oncology training
• Systemic approaches to collaborative design processes
• Holistic learning analytics systems
• Overcoming development barriers for non-programmers

Scientific Contributions: Through 15+ years of research, he has:

• Validated serious games as educational tools
• Developed adaptive simulation frameworks for healthcare
• Explored NLP integration in educational games
• Published in International Journal of Serious Games and JMIR Serious Games

Implementation: His projects have created:

• WEGAS authoring system for rapid simulation game development
• PRITS software prototype for patient rights education
• co.LAB digital platform for cross-disciplinary collaboration