Ashley,

I'm currently enrolled at JHU and I'm about halfway through. As far as I 
can tell there's really no way to tell, from your degree that the 
program was online. Your MA will look like any other MA you would get 
from JHU. As far as hands on experience, in the six classes I have taken 
so far, I have had more hands on experience than I ever had during my 
undergraduate work. While the class discussions and lessons are online, 
the emphasis really is on getting you out into the museums to see for 
yourself and to work on the ground.  In fact many of your larger 
semester projects will usualy involve multiple visits and active 
involvement with the staff at the museums you are working with. For 
example, I just finished an access audit at my local historical society 
which included an in-depth interview with the museum director and as a 
result of it, I'll be working on an access plan for the museum. I think, 
in many ways, you get out of the program what you put into it. The 
courses really are geared to give you the best opportunity to get the 
experience you need. If you're already working at a couple of museums, 
there's a good chance you will have classes where you can put what 
you're learning and working on directly to use at your museum.

As a side note, one of the really great things about the program, for 
me, is that all of the instructors are either working in the field or 
worked in the field for years before they moved into academia. I've had 
professors from the Met, MoMa and the Smithsonian just to name a few. So 
you really do get the perspective of people who are teaching the things 
they work with everyday, so it's about as cutting edge as you can get.

Best regards,

Tracy


On 3/6/2013 2:30 PM, Ashley Zuckerberg wrote:
> That's is awesome to hear. Definitely making me excited to apply. Does 
> anybody know if employers care about the online vs in class education? 
> I already work in 2 museums but do you feel like you get the hands on 
> experience people like to see in resumes? Thanks! This is all super 
> helpful!


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