The Alfred P. West, Jr. Learning Lab, launched in 2000, serves as Wharton’s learning laboratory, creating innovative tools that explore the impact of new technologies on business education.

Working with Wharton faculty, the Learning Lab has developed more than 30 simulations and multimedia learning tools used by 7 academic departments in more than 35 Wharton Courses, enhancing the educational experience. These applications leverage a variety of technologies to enhance, and extend, the classroom experience.

Wharton’s immersive Learning Simulations provide:

• Learning by experience – Experience-based simulations with open-ended outcomes rather than fixed right answers stimulate discovery-driven learning and real-world problem solving.
• Rich interaction – The simulations form the basis for meaningful student interaction and insightful faculty-led classroom discussions.
• Global dissemination – Selected Learning Lab tools are available to instructors in business schools and undergraduate business programs worldwide through higher-education publisher Pearson Addison-Wesley. Wharton’s Online Trading and Investment Simulation, OTIS, is used by approximately 2,000 students per semester in over 80 colleges and universities across the world.