Igniting Ideas at EDUCAUSE 2025!

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 2:15PM–3:00PM CT | Meeting Room 104 AB, Level 1
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Ignite Session

Join us for this new fast and fabulous session format at EDUCAUSE 2025: Ignite Talks! Speakers get just 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of 5 minutes. This presentation time slot will feature: 

  • AI as a Trojan Horse: Cracking Open Pedagogy by Challenging Faculty Beliefs – Anne Leftwich, Indiana University
  • Beyond Technology: Evolving the CIO Role Into a Higher Education Leadership Partner – Steven Wilson, Muskegon Community College
  • Mobile Natives: Why Your App Strategy Is Critical to Student Engagement– Alan Milner, Indiana University
  • Rethinking Enterprise Architecture Through Collaborative Governance – Ashish Pandit, University of California San Diego
  • AI as Your Co-Pilot, Not Your Autopilot: How IT Communicators Can Use AI Ethically and Effectively– Alex Chrystal, University of California, Riverside
  • You Don’t Need a Dashboard. You Need an Answer – Justin Vondra, Doowii

Presenters

  • Alex Chrystal

    Director of Communication & Training, University of California, Riverside

  • Megan Denhardt

    Founder & CEO, Denhardt Productions

  • Anne Leftwich

    AVP Learning Technologies, Indiana University

  • Alan Milner

    Native Apps & Experience Integrations Leader, Indiana University

  • Ashish Pandit

    IT Architect, University of California San Diego

  • Justin Vondra

    Sales Director, Doowii

  • Steven Wilson

    CIO, Muskegon Community College

Resources & Downloads

  • EDUCAUSE IGNITE 1 Slides

    Updated on 10/29/2025