Morgado, LinaPereira, AldaMendes, António Quintas2018-01-222018-01-222008Morgado, Lina; Pereira A., Mendes, António Quintas - The "‘Contract" as a pedagogical tool in e-Learning. In Mendes, António José; Pereira, Isabel; Costa, Rogério, eds. - "Computers and education [Em linha]: towards education change and innovation". London: Springer, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84628-928-6. p. 63-72978-1-84628-928-6http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/6933The present chapter results from a process of research and implementation of a pedagogical model for e-learning in the Department of Education of Universidade Aberta (PT). This pedagogical model supports a series of post-graduate online courses. We seek to establish a foundation for the nature of one of its nuclear elements – the “Learning Contract”. For the teachers, it has revealed itself as a key mediating instrument in their teaching, guiding the design and development of the disciplines under their responsibility. For the students, it is also a mediating instrument for distance learning, as well as a navigation device. We have studied and analyzed a set of “Learning Contracts” defined and negotiated by the teachers/tutors in three post-graduations already implemented.enge-Learning contractPedagogical modele-Learning pedagogyOnline tutoringbook partdoi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-929-3_7