Still, there have been some costs. Learning new technologies takes time and comes at the expense of other activities. My desire to enhance my teaching led to dealing with the technology learning curve. Initially, this factor cut into my research productivity. Fortunately, as vendors develop software that can use each other's output, the maintenance task has been simplified.
Software upgrades can also be a source of concern because they always bring new things to learn.
However, one can use most upgrades to do the old chores without the need to learn something new right away. Learn one new technology at a time for a specific use. For example, select one lecture that you will place in a Power Point presentation. It took me about three semesters to convert my lectures to this format for an entire course. For more complex technologies, such as Web courseware, work with a partner and wait until your university adopts a platform and offers training classes and support.