10 Uses of Drones in Higher Education

2. Enable student projects exploring the intersection between
art and technology and research, such as gathering data such
as sacred forests in Ethiopia, mapping lava flows in Ecuador,
and surveying the forest canopy in Costa Rica.

3. Loan drones to students for checkout and experimentation.

4. Capture footage of sporting events.

5. Create promotional flybys of key
campus buildings and features and
virtual holiday greeting videos.

6. Record footage of unique campus events,
such as picnics or move-in weekend.

7. Take unique photographs from
hard to reach places.

8. Facilitate inspections of buildings
and monitor construction projects.

9. Enhance field projects, such as studying
wildlife from a distance, and detailed 3D
archaeological mapping.

10. Monitor agricultural and
environmental conditions.

11. Teach a course on designing
and building drones.

12. Brian A. Rellinger – @rellinb
Melissa Woo – @mzyw
David Smallen – @hamcio
Kevin Lynch – kplynch@colgate.edu
Vala Afshar – @ValaAfshar
Bob Nilsson – @RHnilsson
Thanks to Kevin Lynch and Colgate University for the images on slides 5 and 6.
Thanks to Brad Ward of Blue Fuego for the drone shown on slide 3