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Using Microsoft Project to Teach Project Management in an ODeL Environment: A hands-on walkthrough

Author(s) Dr. Daketima Gilbert Briggs
Country Botswana
Abstract This study makes the case that teaching project management using Microsoft Project (MSP) is not limited to the traditional classroom or laboratory settings with physical laboratory infrastructure equipment. It can be done within the Open and Distance eLearning (ODeL) delivery environment. It points out that graduate unemployment has become an increasingly important issue facing society and particularly universities. The study cites that the increasing presence of graduates in low-paid service sector jobs is an indicator of the widening gap between the skillsets and knowledge provided by universities and the new skillsets the job market demands. It was stated that employers are increas¬ingly looking not only for academic success but also for key employability skills that will enable graduates to adapt to the world of work and then evolve within it. The study highlights the challenge institutions are facing in responding to the call to embed employability skills into the core of Higher Education as a key institutional objective. ODeL’s institutions approach to teaching is said to be theory heavy. There is a call to move away from that model and instead adopt a teaching modality that is more hands-on, practical approach with employability skills development in project management education. The study dispels the perception in some quarters regarding the quality of education from ODeL institutions. Nevertheless, it recommends a shift in the present modality in teaching project management and offers a more practical approach with employability infusion and skill development framework in project management education. This, it contends, can be achieved with the application of MSP in the virtual classroom space.
Keywords Employability, MSP, Skills development, Hands-on, ODeL institutions, Project Management Education
Published In Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-03-23
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