McShane-Jewell said that the students' research focused on a key hole in the organization's decision-making process. "I hope our analysis will not be helpful for just one future garden site, but will be helpful for many future garden sites." "We have observed that there are lot of food deserts where grocery stores aren't within a walkable distance, as we considered one mile as the threshold for the analysis," Agarwal said. As a small organization, we often lack the resources to conduct detailed analyses of our work or to evaluate the impact of our programs."īhushit Agarwal, a computer science graduate student, said that his findings from the project indicate an "urgent need" for more community gardens in Lincoln. Li was a great ally and guided the students to produce work that fit our needs. "Their work shows the power of collaboration between academic researchers and local non-profit agencies," McShane-Jewell said. "Sometimes it was challenging to get the map to look exactly how you wanted with all of the different data you had to manage, (but) it's rewarding to know that your work will help benefit the community."īen McShane-Jewell, Community Crops program manager, said that the work conducted by Li's class has been helpful for the organization.
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"This project was a good hands-on approach for learning how to use GIS technologies," said Matt O'Nele, a senior environmental studies and fisheries and wildlife major. Some of Li's students said that the project was equal parts challenging and rewarding. Third place: Group 3 (Zion Schell, Jesse Schulz, Jake Drozda, Ashley Weyers) Second place: Group 4 (Katie Buchan, Ben Heusinkvelt, Abby Heithoff, Soundar Rajendran) Faculty, staff and students were invited to cast votes for their favorite posters.įirst place: Group 6 (Ann Khambu, James Reece, Beth Peck, Juthamas Fakthongphan) Their coursework culminated in a poster competition that was on display in Hardin Hall. Students worked in groups to develop a GIS project to model and map the land suitability for new community garden sites.
The project objective was to identify new sites that can potentially be utilized as new community gardens. "So it is useful to promote project-based learning, which can inspire students to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying."Īs such, Li assigned his students a final project that involved addressing the GIS needs of Community Crops, a local non-profit organization that aims to help people grow healthy food collaboratively within the city of Lincoln. "After teaching GIS courses for two years, I found that there are still gaps between the classroom knowledge and the abilities to solve real-world problems," said Li, geography lecturer.
The students of Ruopu Li's "Introduction to Geographic Information Systems" course (GEOG/NRES 412/812) recently took their knowledge from the textbook to the garden – the community garden, that is. The students of Ruopu Li's "Introduction to Geographic Information Systems" course (GEOG/NRES 412/812) with Li.
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