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Social capital derives its significance as an educational asset of exponential value from its ability to coordinate dynamic mechanisms and processes that foster perseverance and exceptional success. Social norms and values foster trust and reciprocity, thereby shaping the exchange within communities that give concrete expression to the dynamic, networked action required for the effective resolution of educational problems. Social capital is underpinned by three types of bonds (attachment, connections between different social strata, and friendships). These are social ties whose benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Digital technology symbolises a form of social capital that serves as a boon for both the individual and the community, as well as a structural social resource that encourages altruism, compassion and solidarity, whilst signalling the decline of indifference. This social capital acts as the 'missing link', the valuable, fluid variable centred on informal exchanges of cooperation with hybrid groups on the web.