Community college experimenting with 'podcasting'

Those tiny white headphones are nearly ubiquitous. All over college campuses, the cords of the trademark iPod accessories burrow into countless hooded sweatshirts

Handheld digital music players are so mainstream these days that many professors are bringing them into the classroom, too. After all, Apple's trendy iPods and other MP3 players don't just play music. They can hold photos, video and record songs, lectures or just about anything else -- and that provides a new way to reach out to students.

At Anne Arundel Community College, several instructors are experimenting with digital recordings this fall, and school officials...