ABSTRACT
One of the bottlenecks for the adoption of drone journalism in newsrooms has been the lack of adequate education. In this chapter we discuss the role of teachers in the experimentation with new technology in higher education. By first analyzing the experiences of a pioneering Nordic school of journalism, it emerged that an underlying vision of providing drone courses is to foster the building of innovative mind-sets among students. Further comparisons with similar approaches elsewhere suggest that dronalism might serve as an eye-opener to the core challenges of news journalism. The hands-on training requires teachers to take on roles as peer-to-peer explorer, gardener and player-coach.
