NWACC Instructional Technology Roundtable 2025

Access Granted: Rethinking Learning with Accessibility, AI and Instructional Design

November 5-7, 2025
Courtyard City Center
550 SW Oak St, Portland, OR 97204

Keynote: Scott James, Professor and Distance Education Coordinator, Santiago Canyon College

Awakening Superpowers: Human-Centered AI for Teaching and Learning
AI isn’t a shortcut—it’s an accessibility engine and ability amplifier. Scott will demonstrate how removing barriers and busywork helps students—especially learners with disabilities and neurodivergent learners—thrive. We’ll tour practical approaches using edtech and AI to jump-start motivation and executive function (getting started, chunking work, sustaining focus). We’ll also explore custom chatbots for instructional design and student support that amplify faculty capacity and help every learner go deeper, with strategies that mitigate bias, improve accuracy, respect copyright, and promote transparency of information.

See: full agenda