Investigating the Barriers of Application of Cloud Computing in the Smart Schools of Iran

Computing model is based on the computer networks such as internet. Internet presents a new sample for consuming and delivering the computing services. The developed societies caused the administrators have a specific glance to this area for promoting the quality of educational system. cloud computing appeared as one of the suitable strategies of minimizing the costs and resources centralized management. This research wants to identify the barriers against the implementation of cloud computing in smart schools by extensive studying of "cloud computing". The present research is a descriptive-measurable research according to its purpose, application and the method of its implementation. We have used the method of questionnaire for gathering the data. A sample consisted of 70 questions gathered from a 85 persons society according to Morgan sampling table and then we used the single sample t- test for testing the hypothesizes and also we used the Freedman trial for grading the barriers. Results show that some barriers such as security, economical, management problems, infrastructural factors, cloud service conditions , literacy and awareness of employees of cloud computing affect the application of cloud computing in the smart schools. The results can be useful in utilization of innovative educational technologies.