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6 ( ) No. 6 2014 11 Journal of East China Normal University (Natural Science) Nov. 2014 Article ID: 1000-5641(2014)06-0126-15 Ontology construction and mathematical modeling for the LAS engines 1 2 3 XING Wan-li , WU Yong-he , MA Xiao-ling (1. School of Information Science Learning Technology, University of Missouri-Columba, MO 65201, USA; 2. School of Open Education and Learning Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Digital Education Equipment, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; 3. Department of Information Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China) Abstract: Learning analytics system (LAS) has the potential to pull together diverse re- sources and services to leverage the best practices for education. As the central component of this system, current LAS engines have been limited in function and vaguely defined as well as poor scalability and extensibility to other contexts and institutions. This paper first proposed engine ontology, role, source, time and control, to describe and distinct four engine functions: Prediction, Reflection, Recommendation, and Adaptation, in order to establish a common language and practice for LA engines, and in turn improve interoperability between different LA applications. Based on those ontological engines, this study further designed a mechanism of LAS engines and applied mathematical modeling to explain its decompo- sition and recombination techniques. This LAS engines is expected to power an open and integrated LAS that is capable of scaling up and extensible to any context. Key words: learning analytics; learning analytics system; learning analytics