From cells to insights: assessing the impact of hands-on Microsoft Excel project in enhancing student proficiency / Wan Aryati Wan Ghani and Haslinda Noradzan

In today's rapidly changing educational landscape, the demand for digital proficiency extends far beyond the field of IT and computer science. For non-IT students, mastering Microsoft Excel offers a gateway to practical skill development that goes beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. MS Excel features cells as the fundamental building blocks that serve as versatile units where calculation can be performed, and data can be manipulated with precision. Cells in MS Excel can contain a variety of data types such as text and numbers as well as logical data. Using formulas, calculations and data analysis can be performed on the contents of the cells. According to a research article written by Kelly et al. (2023), combining financial accounting with MS Excel enhances learning while giving students digital workplace capabilities.