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Waterloo  \nThis paper examines information portrayed on Canadian educational development (ED) centre websites and, in particular, whether information that corresponds to questions compiled from a literature search of ED centre practices is readily available from centre websites. This study phase is part of a larger national study of Canadian educational development centres’practices.  \nThe Seascape: An Overview  \nResUeSar(chLerewsi,n t1he99U6) Kha(Gveosliouglin, 20ed0t1h,e2006histo) arincdal  \ngrowth of faculty development. Elrick (1990) discussed conditions that led to Canadian educational development (ED) initiatives; Donald (1986), Wilcox (1997), and Scarfe (2004) chronicled the history of Canadian ED centre growth; and Mindorff, Ratkovic, and Babady-Bila (2004) mapped the activities of 42 centres across Canada. However, there is limited literature available on the practices of Canadian ED units.  \nThe Educational Developers Caucus (EDC) ED Profiler (2004-2005) is now significantly out of  \ndate. While the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) website ([www.stlhe](www.stlhe). ca/en/links/teaching_centre.php) lists 34 Canadian teaching centres, only links to ED centres are provided; there is no database for information comparison. In addition, there are more than 63 centres at postsecondary institutions in Canada. A complete list that includes colleges is available through the Uni[versity of Waterloo at www.uwaterloo.ca/canu/index](versity of Waterloo at www.uwaterloo.ca/canu/index). php, but this provides links to institutions rather than educational development centres. Kreber and Brook’s (2001) assertion that there remains a need to map the current Canadian landscape of ED centres  \n1 Many thanks to the Educational Developers Caucus for funding to support this work. I also owe debts of thanks to the following colleagues who, while not involved in writing this article, contributed to the literature review and data collection and have been instrumental in moving the project forward: Alice Cassidy, Martha Crealock, Chris Groeneboer, Erika Kustra, Jolyn Lee, Alice Macpherson, Michael Potter, Ruth Rodgers, Anne Scrimger, Margaret Wilson, and Janet Z-K Wolstenholme.  \nand their practices holds true. Accordingly, our collaborative national study set out to describe the practices of Canadian post-secondary (university and college) ED centres, with the intention of gathering and compiling sharable information to be made available on the EDC website.  \nIn turning to centre websites to compile some of this data, certain trends became apparent about what we communicate on our websites and perhaps more importantly, what we do not. The purpose of this paper is therefore to discuss those trendsand what falls “between the tides.” In it, I discuss the nature and purpose of ED websites as communication tools: What are we communicating, to whom, and for what purpose?  \nCurrents: Background to the Study Questions  \nWhile this paper outlines the kinds of information that are available on ED websites, some background on how the study questions were compiled may be useful. David Gosling (UK), who has been collecting information on ED centres internationally, was a useful initial contact; his helpful summaries provided a strong starting point for questions to guide the data collection. In addition, the research team compiled a summary of relevant literature, particularly Canadian sources. We used an online platform (Sharepoint) for our discussion as we developed our list of questions from this body of work. The resulting 39 data collection questions (see Table 1) were developed from Carusetta and Cranton, 2005; Cox, 2002; Gosling, 2001, 2006; Konrad, 1983; Kreaden, 2001; Lawlor and King, 2003; Scarfe, 2004; and Wilcox, 1997, 1998.  \nFloating on the Sea: Data Collection  \nInitially we compiled data from our own ce","cbCaikiPP6yZVNV9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikiPP6yZVNV9","pdf",569049,"English","# Currents: Background to the Study Questions\n# Floating on the Sea: Data Collection\n# Waves: What is on the Websites and What is Not?\n# S.O.S.: Discussion of Findings","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the paper?\",\"answer\":\"To discuss trends in what ED centre websites communicate, and what information appears to be missing or incomplete, by evaluating whether website content matches study questions derived from the literature.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the study questions compiled?\",\"answer\":\"The research team compiled relevant literature, used an online platform (Sharepoint) for discussion, and developed 39 data collection questions from multiple cited sources.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the web searches focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The initial web search reviewed seven post-secondary institutions connected to the research group, assessing what information was readily available, partially available, or apparently not available on ED websites.\"},{\"question\":\"What key finding emerges from the discussion?\",\"answer\":\"Individual staff typically hold more information about their centres than what is posted online, and only limited topics (such as the name of the centre) achieve complete coverage.\"}]","Canadian Educational Development Centre Websites: More Ebb Than Flow? | PDF",15]