Good Morning,
I ran across a great website that I think would be a great tool to use in online courses. It is called Google Living Stories. This website provides users with an easy way to track the developments of a news topic. It is an experiment for now, but it tracks the top news stories and presents the news in one easy to find location. Click Here for a 2 minute video on how this tool works.
I hope you are able to work this into your developments, I think your students will enjoy the tool.
Have a great week!
Amy