Authors - Ferry Setyadi Atmadja, Sabo Hermawan, Eka Dewi Utari, Suciati Putri Nurjanah, Siti Dwi Hastuti Abstract - The exorbitant costs associated with professional Content Management Systems (CMS) have precipitated a severe theory to practice gap in digital archive education. This infrastructural barrier disproportionately disadvantages institutions with constrained budgets, fundamentally threatening the inclusive education mandates of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4. To bridge this ped-agogical divide, this study developed and validated a zero-license educational framework utilizing Microsoft Excel's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to simulate a professional electronic records environment. Employing an R&D methodology (ADDIE model) with a cohort of 40 undergraduate students, the proposed framework circumvented hardware and financial constraints by operating offline on low-specification devices. Results indicated high expert validation (4.35/5.0) and a statistically significant enhancement in students' practical archival skills, evidenced by a moderate to high Normalized Gain (N-Gain) of 0.61. Furthermore, the system demonstrated exceptional usability with a System Usability Scale (SUS) score of 76.5. These findings provide empirical evidence that strategic, low-cost technological interventions can effectively democratize digital archive learning, offering a highly scalable solution for marginalized educational ecosystems in developing regions.
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