The students agreed using blogs contributed to their learning and emotional closeness with peers. Adopting blogs expanded learning experience beyond limited class time.

The in- and out-degree centrality of each student significantly increased at the end of the course compared to that at the beginning.

The sense of learning community and peer connectedness fostered by the blogging was a key finding given that there was no collaborative assignments and class discussion.

The significant correlation between online interactions and peer closeness network values was confirmed.