had a meeting with Allan Luke and Kerry Lee today :-)
they have very kindly agreed to help me find my way out of the present impasse which i currently find myself with the thesis.
Allan will help look at the messaging transcripts, while Kerry will look at the pre- and post-tests.
i've been given a few books to read, and i've also been told to join the Digital Curricular Literacies Reading Group here at the CRPP :-)
all this efforts are undertaken to help me get a singular theoretical grounding upon which the rest of my thesis can hang.
some sage words from Allan today: "you'll know when you're making true progress in your PhD when you hive off those parts which you've fought long and hard to keep in" (not sure if that comment is entirely applicable to my case, but i think it's generally good advice anyway :-) )