It’s not exactly whistle while you work. It’s more like study while you walk.
So the student you see walking on the Library Mall wearing earbuds could very well be listening to a podcast lesson from a UW course.
“It’s the idea of reaching students informally through something they are already doing (i.e. using iPods and listening to podcasts),” said Jan Cheetham, e-learning coordinator at the UW’s DoIT academic technology center.